Used tyres fortify landslide-prone slopes


Making a difference: Volunteers celebrating after completing six tiers of eco-gabion at Kg Nosoob Baru.

KOTA KINABALU: After soil erosion, landslides and loosened earth following a 10-day downpour in Penampang near here last week, volunteers have come up with an eco-friendly idea to build gabions.

During the five-hour initiative at Kg Nosoob Baru, volunteers stacked used tyres and filled them with soil.

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