Melaka barrage to be left fully open


MELAKA: The barrage controlling the flow of water from Sungai Melaka to the Straits of Malacca will be opened to the maximum as the state anticipates unusual rain.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron said the move to release water to the sea was to accommodate the high volume of rainfall in the event of incessant rain.

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