Water cuts: Source of Sg Semenyih pollution traced to industrial zone in Negri Sembilan, says Environment Minister


Picture take from Selangor MB's Twitter account.

PETALING JAYA: The source of the Sungai Semenyih pollution, which resulted in unscheduled water cuts affecting over 300,000 accounts in the Klang Valley, has been detected from around the Sungai Batang Benar industrial zone in Negri Sembilan.

Environment and Water Minister Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said the source of pollution was identified to be from around the area and that the smell of the contamination was akin to that of carcasses.

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