China-aided rural road project better links farms, town markets in Cambodia-Xinhua
Staff, 2022-11-17 20:08:15,
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 17, 2022 shows a China-aided rural road in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia. (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)
According to Cambodia’s Ministry of Rural Development, from 2017 to October 2022, China-aided Rural Road Improvement projects, in Phases I and II, had constructed at least 25 rural roads with a total length of 155 km and two new bridges in eight provinces.
KAMPONG CHHNANG, Cambodia, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — For Dul Sarath, the 34-year-old vegetable grower in central Cambodia’s Kampong Tralach district, a China-aided rural road project has made traveling and transportation of agricultural produce from farms to town markets easier, saving both time and money.
The mother of four children said on Thursday that previously, due to poor-conditioned rural roads, she had to spend three hours shipping vegetables from her farm to markets in the provincial town about 37 km away, but now with the China-funded rural road project, the travel time is shortened to an hour.
“Previously, traveling on this road was very difficult, and when there was rain, it was heavily muddy,” she told Xinhua after attending an event to mark the completion of the China-aided rural road project in the Southeast Asian nation.
“Now, traveling on this road is fast, and not difficult like before, so villagers go to town markets more easily, and they can bring vegetables to sell in the markets conveniently,” she said.
Sarath said the new road could be a life line route as it has also enabled…
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