Too risky to allow logging


GEORGE TOWN: Any logging activity that poses a threat to the Ulu Muda water catchment area must stop immediately, said Penang Water Supply Corporation corporate affairs manager K. Jeyabalan.

“We are strongly against any logging that affects water catchment areas. If you allow the felling of trees anywhere near there, you may have problems controlling the logging activities because what is there to prevent them from encroaching into environmentally sensitive areas?

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