New railway plans worry rural Cambodians
New railway plans worry rural Cambodians -video news report from Steve Chao in Pursat, Cambodia, for Al Jazeera News (31 Oct 09).
In some parts of rural Cambodia, public transport is virtually non-existent, so for years villagers have had their own innovative way of getting around – by what is known as a “Bamboo Train,” or locally, as a lorry.
Villagers rely on them to go to work, to the market, to travel to the hospital, and back home.
The government wants to bring the railway system into the 21st century and have raised $150-million to rebuild the track and introduce a modern passenger service, but as Steve Chao reports from Pursat, Cambodia, the locals wonder whether the new trains will be as reliable as what they are used to.
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