Water woes unresolved for six families in Kedah after complaint last year


Siti Mariam showing a well filled with polluted water in her village Kampung Padang Durian in Pendang, Kedah.

SIX families in Kampung Padang Durian, Pendang in Kedah have been using untreated well water for their daily use as they have no piped water supply.

Villager Siti Mariam Omar, 36, said she could not wash her children’s clothes as the water from the well was dirty and it had damaged their clothes.

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