Resources ‘drained’ to cope with water shortage


Water solution: Authorities inspecting the on-going work to divert water supply to affected residents in Kuantan.

KUANTAN: The water shortage in Felda Chini, Pekan, has become so severe that residents are resorting to collecting water from a drain.

Settler Rasli Jaafar, 44, said he has no choice but to look for alternative sources of water, seeing that the disruption has been going on for two weeks.

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