Sungai Nenggiri drying up due to hot spell


Livelihoods at risk: Muhamad Fakhry walking along the receding bank of Sungai Nenggir. — Bernama

GUA MUSANG: Sungai Nenggiri here, which is the lifeline of villagers for farming, fishing and riverine transport, is drying up under the hot weather with mud, sandbanks and rocks starting to emerge.

Motorboat skipper Muhamad Fakhry Sharif, 27, said the river had been drying up since early last week.

Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.


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