Floods ruin rice fields in Kelantan, causing RM1.4mil in losses

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PASIR PUTEH: Last month’s floods destroyed paddy cultivated on 280 hectares in Cherang Rotan, Kelantan, by 94 farmers, causing total loss estimated at RM1.4mil.

Much of the paddy was grown in the villages of Merkang, Nara and Jelor, and was submerged by chest-high floodwaters for over three days, said A Rahim Yunus, chairman of the Cherang Rotan Area Farmers Organisation (AFO).