Uncontrolled logging causing mud floods, says Galas rep


The Gua Musang-Lojing road was hit by a mud flood.

GUA MUSANG: Uncontrolled logging activities to open up land for farming is the major cause of increasingly frequent mud floods here, says Galas assemblyman Ab Aziz Yusof.

He said logging activities have increased erosion in the hill slopes areas.

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