DOE to keep monitoring air quality near Sungai Kim Kim


JOHOR BAHRU, 21 Mac -- Keadaan Sungai Kim Kim yang semakin pulih selepas kerja-kerja pembersihan sungai itu daripada sisa toksik selesai dilakukan ketika tinjauan di kawasan berkenaan hari ini. Menurut Menteri Tenaga, Sains, Teknologi, Alam Sekitar dan Perubahan Iklim Yeo Bee Yin biarpun sungai tersebut disahkan bersih dan selamat namun pemantauan selama 15 hari akan diteruskan. --fotoBERNAMA (2019) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

JOHOR BARU: The Department of Environ­ment (DOE) will continue to monitor the air quality surrounding Sungai Kim Kim despite the closing of the inter-department operations in Pasir Gudang.

State DOE director Datuk Dr Mohammad Ezanni Mat Salleh said they would check the air quality in a 5km radius around Sungai Kim Kim for two more weeks.

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