Dept gets orders to act against farms around ‘ailing’ dam


KLUANG: The state government has directed the Department of Environment and Land Office to carry out immediate enforcement operations against farms around the Sembrong Dam following the threat of pollution.

Johor Public Works, Rural and Regional Development committee chairman Datuk Hasni Muhammad said that the move was necessary to protect the water source for the more than 120,000 people in the districts of Kluang and Batu Pahat.

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