Govt to study Dr M’s cascading hydropower dam suggestion


Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (left) and Sarawaks Second Resource Planning and Environment Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan at the opening of the International Energy Week in Kuching. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / The Star

KUCHING: The state government will look into former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s suggestion of building smaller cascading hydropower dams to reduce the environmental impact.

Second Resource Planning and Environment Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the proposal needed to be studied further as it would be more costly.

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