SAM unhappy over sand mining


GEORGE TOWN: An environmental group is claiming that problems such as river bank erosion, degradation and a reduction in water quality are rising due to continuous sand mining activities.

“These problems are made worse when the extraction of sand and gravel is done at a rate which exceeds the natural processes of the rate to generate these materials.

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