Tapping a precious resource


Penang Hill Watch co-founder and coordinator Rexy Prakash Chacko (in green) guiding participants on the upstream walk along Sungai Kelian in Tanjung Bungah. — Photos: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

PENANG is still awaiting a response on the tapping of Sungai Perak for raw water from the Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources

Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) chief executive officer Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa said the state was waiting for Minister Datuk Dr Xavier Jayakumar to make a statement about the Sungai Perak Raw Water Transfer Scheme (SPRWTS).

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