Farmers worry over dry fields as Bukit Merah Lake recedes


TAIPING: A group of rice farmers had to see the drying Bukit Merah Lake for themselves because they were truly terrified of getting empty rice kernels for the upcoming harvest season.

“Our family members tending to our rice fields have grown depressed because we have no water at the worst time,” lamented Kampung Semanggol villager Shima Ali, 39, yesterday.

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