Praying for rain: Ibrahim cleaning a pipe to a fish pond at his farm in Gua Musang. — Bernama
GUA MUSANG: A pond fish breeder stands to lose RM500,000 when about 100,000 commercial fish of various species at his fish farm in Kampung Lepan Jaya here face the prospect of being wiped out as the ponds are drying up following the month-long hot weather.
Mat Nawi Hussin, 60, said that most worrying was the water level in a pond containing about 9,000 mahseer (kelah) which had dropped to 0.5m and there was no way to overcome the problem.
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