Compiled by BEH YUEN HUI, MARTIN CARVALHO and R. ARAVINTHAN
HINDU residents in Selayang were delighted when Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari visited the Sri Ramar Temple recently, Malaysia Nanban reported.
The Selayang Baru temple’s paal kudam (milk pot offerings) procession for the new year celebrations attracted many people.
Amirudin, who attended the celebration, visited the two-storey temple building before handing out hampers to lucky raffle draw winners.
He also presented aid and prizes to underprivileged Malaysian-Indian students selected by the temple committee.
Temple committee chairman Tamil Selvan and trustee M. Pushpakaran said this year’s celebration was bigger than ever.
> Some 53.3 million rural households in India are still without water, according to a freedom of information reply from the central government, Malaysia Nanban also reported.
The central government has been working with states to supply water to every household under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme.
The programme has increased the number of villages with piped drinking water from 16.81% in 2019 to 72.29% in 2023.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
