Lembah Sireh township in Kelantan set to be alternative to Kota Baru


Captan T Restaurant at Lembah Sireh near Tesco in Kota Baru. — Photos: SAZUKI EMBONG/TheStar

During the 1970s and 1980s, Lembah Sireh (or Betel Valley) situated by the banks of Sungai Kelantan in Kota Baru, Kelantan, was a thriving agriculture area with more than 500 farmers planting cash crops for the urban population.

But then it lost its lustre, resulting in many plots of land left idle in the 1990s.

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