Move to irrigate dried-up padi fields in Kota Belud


KOTA KINABALU: Efforts are being made to irrigate padi fields that have dried up or drying up in Kota Belud, the state’s main rice-producing district, following the current month-long drought.

Kota Belud Integrated Agriculture Development Area director Salmah Labulla said her agency and others, including the Drainage and Irriga­tion Department and Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Organi­sation Authority, had brought in mobile water pumps.

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