KOTA BARU: The Kelantan government has been urged to waive water tax imposed on 8,000 padi farmers owing to the dry season.
The RM10 per hectare levied annually was a burden to the farmers, especially when their income was unstable as their padi planting was being disrupted by the lack of irrigation water, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
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