Dry season: Sufficient underground water reserves to face eventualities, says Nadma


KUALA LUMPUR: Active underground wells or tube wells sources in the country possess sufficient reserves to face any disaster during the dry season following the transition of the Southwest Monsoon, said the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) in a statement here on Wednesday (May 18).

It said based on the data from the Mineral and Geoscience Department (JMG), there are 5,563 tube wells nationwide to cope with the effects of the climate change.

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