Current hot season drying up padi fields in Sabah

It’s arid out here: Farmer Madili Riou, 55, showing the dried-up irrigation canal at his padi field in Kota Belud, Sabah. — Bernama

KOTA BELUD: Padi fields in some places in Sabah have dried up due to the hot and dry spell affecting the country.

A visit to Kampung Tempasuk Dua here found that some padi fields have dried up due to insufficient water supply.