PUTRAJAYA: The Government will take tougher measures to contain open burning and outbreaks of forest fires the next time the country faced a long dry spell.
Deputy Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk S. Sothinathan said that previously the Department of Environment only took drastic measures to tackle open burning when the air pollution index registered unhealthy levels.
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