Jul. 4, 2011, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Local urban NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut has released a new report entitled Rehabilitation of Cambodia’s Railways: Comparison of Field Data. The report, which is a final draft pending possible expansion of its scope, compares independently gathered household data from four communities located along the tracks in Phnom Penh to data gathered by the Inter-Ministerial Resettlement Committee (IRC) in charge of the resettlement of households along the railways.
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Press statement
This 6 page publication is an update of the 2009 STT Facts & Figures providing data on the displacement of families in the Phnom Penh area. It is important to note that this means displacement either through planned relocation, forced eviction or somewhere in between. Displacement does not necessarily have a negative connotation and it is for the reader to make their own judgement.
STT is an Urban NGO and its vision is a society in which all urban inhabitants enjoy adequate housing within a sustainably developing city. www.teangtnaut.org
Contact:
For more information please contact Ee Sarom, Representative of STT on 012 836533 sarom@teangtnaut.org
An exhibition by photographer Conor Wall
in collaboration with Sahmakum Teang Tnaut
Opening night: Sep. 16, 2010, 6pm
Venue: Gasolina, 57 Street 57
As part of the Our City architecture and urban design festival in September, local urban NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut together with photographer Conor Wall showcase a disappearing lifestyle from along the Kingdom’s railways.
Over the past few years, Conor has travelled along the disused tracks of Cambodia, documenting people’s lives. What emerges is a slow pace of life, where the railway plays a central role. Kids play, women dry rice and chilli, people meet and socialise, and as good as everyone access their homes from along tracks.
With the already ongoing rehabilitation of the railways, all that is set to change. The lives of people living next to the rails will be transformed, with some residents relocated from the area. Those who remain will face a new reality of faster, more regular trains, where the tracks can no longer be used as public space. Conor’s photographic narrative thus creates a memory of what used to be.
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