Paying high price when action remains a trickle


In Taman Bukit Kuchai, Puchong, residents had to line up under the hot sun and later got soaked in the rain as they waited their turn at the static filling station set up by Air Selangor. — GRACE CHEN/The Star

Who will foot bill for hardship borne by consumers in latest unscheduled water cut?

CONSUMERS are still seeing red after the Sungai Selangor Phase 1,2 and 3 and Rantau Panjang water treatment plants were shut down without notice due to odour pollution.

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