Workers, students in Phnom Penh's red zones exempted from water bills

Garment workers' rented apartments in Stung Meanchey III commune of Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district in April. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) announced on (Saturday) May 8 that they will not require workers and students from 870 locations in the red zones of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province to pay their bills for March, April and May.

PPWSA said the billing exemption was at the behest of Prime Minster Hun Sen who on May 8 appealed to PPWSA and Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) to show sympathy for cash-strapped workers and students in the red zones by not charging them for utilities.