Proposal to douse water spat


On the right hand side of the Sungai Muda is Penang, while the left hand side of the river is Kedah.At the front (blue roof) is Lahat Tiang Intake for PBA along Sungai Muda (April 29,2021). - CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: The wrangle between Kedah and Penang over Sungai Muda could be resolved by setting up a Muda River Basin Authority (MRBA), the Environment and Water Ministry has proposed.

Describing the confrontation between the Penang and Kedah governments over the river as “untenable”, the ministry’s secretary-general, Datuk Seri Zaini Ujang, said such an authority was provided for under the Federal Constitution.

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