Border road damaged in riverbank collapse
A vital road linking Kandal province to the Vietnamese border has been seriously damaged after the banks of the Mekong river collapsed in Lerk Dek district. Captain Deng Ran, chief of Kpob Ateav commune police, said the collapse took place three days ago, causing havoc on Road 14, which leads to the Orm Sam Nor international border checkpoint. He said the banks of the river collapsed in the same place in 2011 and were repaired, but this time the damage is more serious. He added the Transport and Water Resources ministries are studying potential detours to allow traffic to reach the border, but the road remains open at the moment.
