Saturday, April 28, 2012

New View on Battambang Town in 2012, “Green Town in the West”

 Battambang Town During Khmer New Year 2012 


Being so far from hometown long time and just short visit during Khmer New Year, Battambang Town of Battambang Province has been being more and more interesting and beautiful as the green town in the west. Year 2012 is the year of changing the perspectives on Battambang Town. These last few years, local businesses have been interestingly increasing in town. Many luxury hotels and apartments are growing mostly along Sangker River on the other riverside of Battambang Town. Small romantic foreign style restaurants are welcoming all foreign tourists with variety of Khmer, Thai, and other foreign food. New bridges being just built several years ago are facilitating the traffic over Sangker River much busier. Riverbank changed to the stone better looking with new garden on both riversides. Riverside garden on old Battambang Town full of old flats from previous generation seems so beautifully green. Big trees with good shade have been being grown in row along the Sangker River. Palm trees also grew to show local and foreign tourists about the representation of Khmer nation. In the front patio of each flat, green plants are being grown to make the city full of green. Not only had the government to grow green plant, each house in the town already grew variety of plants and flower in front patio looking so cool, especially in the morning under the sun rise. Some new statues could be seen in the roundabout such as Preah Neareay, Neang Romsay Sork, etc. On the other riverside garden, the width is bigger than old town side garden full of green grass and field for citizens to do jogging, dancing exercise, etc. Big areas of department of education, youth, and sport has been changed to be the suburb with new flats while new building for this department is along National Road No.10 with other departments a bit far. New supermarket with new suburb flats is along town road No.3 instead of old town prison. Exercising town center for various sport services was reopened after closing for years since the fall of town into the hand of Khmer Rouge Regime in April 17, 1975. Tourists have increased recently since there is the comfort of transportation system including nice place to stay and visit. Nakta Dam Bang Kro Nhoung roundabout is still the main focus for all travelers through National Road No.5 as well as the local people going to pray. Lastly, rubbish management in town could be 95% achieved needing more commitments to be 100%. “Being a good model for city development, Battambang Town could be a good lesson for other new and old towns’ development!” Good Town Management! Green Trees! Freshly Happy Life!!!!!!

By: POK Panhavuth






























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