Free for everybody: Halipah showing the water she got from the well on her property in Teluk Kumbar, near George Town, Penang. — Bernama
GEORGE TOWN: Several residents in the Teluk Kumbar area near here have welcomed the public to get water from their wells if they are affected by the four-day scheduled water supply disruption in Penang starting Jan 10.
A resident, Suria Nawawi, 58, said the well at her house, which is over 40 years old, has never run dry and often becomes a source of water for the people during water supply disruptions in the area.“We are not so worried about the water shortage (from Jan 10 to 14) because we have a well here.
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