Villagers near proposed canal in Cambodia worry and wait

Yea Savun, 58, a villager in Kandal province's Kean Svay district, faces relocation due to the proposed canal. Sok Srey, 60, a villager in Kandal province's Kean Svay district is shown on March 18, 2024. She faces relocation due to the proposed canal. A ferry is shown on March 18, 2024, along the Mekong River where the proposed canal is planned. Children play on March 18, 2024, at the proposed starting point of canal construction at Prek Takeo. Sok Srey's house near Prek Takeo, where the canal is planned to be built, March 18, 2024.

Sok Srey is prepared for the Mekong River to rise in June, when its water spills into the Takeo, a small river or prek in Khmer, abutting the land she’s occupied with her family for almost a quarter of a century.