Stop work order issued to rubber glove factory for pollution


ALOR SETAR: The Environment Department (DOE) has taken action against a rubber glove factory by issuing a stop work order after it was found to be releasing untreated effluents into public drains.

Kedah DOE director Sharifah Zakiah Syed Sahab, said last Thursday (March 14), at about 5pm, her team observed blue-coloured effluent flowing through the public drainage system in the Mergong area.

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