Expert: Preserving river will help keep water catchment area

Dr Abdul Aziz (left) launching the integrated river management workshop. Looking on are Salfarina (right) and Dr Kalithasan.

IT IS important to preserve the river basin of Sungai Hulu Kinta near Ipoh to ensure sustainability of the water catchment area.

Global Environment Centre river care programme coordinator Dr K. Kalithasan said to ensure that happened, an integrated project management of the river basin was being carried out.