Water supplies dwindling in parts of S'wak as drought sets in


  • Nation
  • Friday, 16 Aug 2019

Big land-mining pumps being used to flood forest-fires in Kuala Baram district. - Bomba Miri pic

MIRI: Water supplies in five districts in Sarawak have dwindled to critically-low levels.

The drought is starting in various locations in the state, even as battles to tackle forest fires continue.

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