Stop quarrying hills for limestone, dig for it instead

Quarrying limestone hills not only mars the landscape but destroys a wild habitat. — Forest Research Institute Malaysia

Quarrying limestone hills not only mars the landscape but destroys a wild habitat. Photo: Forest Research Institute Malaysia

We really do not have to blast limestone hills to get materials for making cement. There is a whole lot more limestone deposits just below the ground in many old mining areas in Perak, which can be tapped instead.