OPTIONAL PIC, MUST USE CAPTION: Many tributaries originating in the Ulu Muda forest reserve flow into Sg Muda. — Filepic/The Star
THE issue of the Kedah state government asking for compensation from Penang for the extraction of water from Sg Muda is a longstanding one, with arguments from both sides. The Malaysian Nature Society (Kedah Branch) would like to shed some light on the matter and present our view on it.
First, the water that flows in Sg Muda, which serves as the boundary between Penang and Kedah, is largely collected and filtered by the 160,000ha of catchment forest in Ulu Muda in the districts of Padang Terap, Sik and Baling in north-
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