Ponds and streams are drying up in interior northern Sarawak due to drought, causing drinking water woes for rural folk.
MIRI: Drinking water supply in dozens of densely populated settlements in interior northern Sarawak has dwindled to critically-low levels.
The drought is worsening in various locations in the rural outposts, even as the battle to tackle forest fires continues. Thousands of rural folks are affected, said environmental watchdog group Save Sarawak Rivers.
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