‘No water’ notice comes too late

Making every drop count: Hawkers and residents collecting water supplied from a Bomba water tanker at Jelutong market.

GEORGE TOWN: Hundreds of thousands of people on Penang island found themselves without water overnight due to a scheduled water cut that was not expected to affect them.

There was a 48-hour scheduled water cut due to repairs for mainlanders, but islanders were not informed about it until 7am yesterday.