Melaka to ration water if dams fall below 70% mark


MELAKA: Melaka will begin scheduled water rationing if the capacity at the three dams in the state fall below the 70% mark.

Road works, infrastructure, public amenity and transportation committee chairman Datuk Hameed Mytheen Kunju Basheer said this was to avoid a situation like the 2020 water crisis that had a devastating impact on the people of the state.

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