When people are left high and dry


Dire straits: Villagers pumping water from the riverbed near Kg Pangkalan Darat in Pulau Banggi.

Villagers on Pulau Banggi are now in full crisis mode, trying to find water amid the drought.

PHOTOGRAPHS emerging from drought-hit Pulau Banggi, Malaysia’s largest island, are heart wrenching. They include:

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Opinion , Philip Golingai , columnist

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