Tackle dirty drains first

Dr Nor Azazi (right) delivering his talk at the ‘Clean the Penang River: Stop the Pollution at Its Source’ public forum in Komtar.

CLEANLINESS of drains in the state is important in solving the local river pollution problem, said Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre director Prof Dr Nor Azazi Zakaria.

“There’s no point in cleaning the rivers, if drains continue to be dirty and river pollution should be tackled upstream in which the drains are connected to.