Low water levels at Kedah dams not due to logging - MB

Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor has denied claims that logging caused dams in the state to have low water levels.

He said the low water levels were due to a long drought and the channelling of water for agricultural, domestic, and industrial use.

“There is no logging in the 72,000ha (of the Ulu Muda Forest Reserve). Outside (the water catchment area), there was previous approval (for logging) according to the Forestry Department’s quota of 4,200ha per year throughout Kedah.

“There’s less water because there’s no rain. Pray to Allah... hope that Allah provides rain to us in a day or two to refill our dams, not only for Kedah but for our neighbouring states,” he said.

He was speaking to reporters after officiating the Fly the Jalur Gemilang Campaign and Kembara Jiwa Merdeka launch ceremony in conjunction with state-level National Day celebrations at Wisma Darul Aman in Alor Setar today.

Data from the Muda Agricultural Development Authority (Mada) website today indicated that the Muda Dam is at 8.00 percent capacity, Pedu Dam (39.09 percent) and Ahning Dam (81.80 percent), with an average of 43.68 percent capacity for all three dams.

Mada also said yesterday that a three-day cloud seeding operation beginning last Monday managed to record 2mm of rain in the Muda Dam catchment area.

- Bernama

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