Soil erosion has villagers living on edge


Any day now: A house sitting on the brink of collapse after the land facing the Kemasin river eroded due to heavy rain in Kampung Kuau, Bachok, Kelantan. — Bernama

BACHOK: The potential collapse of a riverbank behind a home in Kampung Kuau is worrying villagers here after heavy rain in the area.

Villagers had informed the homeowner, 73-year-old Hassan Ahmad, that the lower part of his house had collapsed and was washed away by the river.

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