Drop in Bukit Merah dam water level affecting paddy farmers, industrial sector


LENGGONG: The drop in water level at the Bukit Merah Dam in Bagan Serai, near here, due to the hot and dry weather, is not only affecting the Kerian district's paddy farmers but its industrial sector too.

Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad said besides the farmers, complaints on it had been received from the glove factories which used a lot of water for their production operations.

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