Sewerage leak flows onto beach


Keep clear: The foul discharge pooling on the beach just above the shoreline at Tanjung Bungah.

GEORGE TOWN: The state’s tourism industry has been hit yet again with pollution of the beach. This time, it’s in Tanjung Bungah where effluent from a sewerage pipe has marred the coastline.

During a visit by The Star, a stream formed between sand banks and filled with a stagnant and foul-smelling discharge was clearly visible.

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