Drought hits hard, Bomba Sarawak to the rescue with emergency water supply


Residents of Spaoh district getting emergency water supply from Bomba Sarawak.

MIRI: Spaoh district in southern Sarawak has been hit by drought, and the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department has deployed emergency supplies of treated water following appeals for help from residents.

Sarawak Bomba, in its latest updates Thursday (April 4), said some 22,000 litres of treated water have been sent via a Bomba tanker.

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