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Water woe for 6,000 Sebatik folks getting dire
Published on: Saturday, December 16, 2023
Published on: Sat, Dec 16, 2023
By: Lagatah Toyos
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Water woe for 6,000 Sebatik folks getting dire
Local residents bringing bottles to fill up on water supply.
TAWAU: The clean water supply problem on Sebatik Island here is worsening, even though many proposals and studies have been carried out.

Sebatik Assemblyman Datuk Hassan A Ghani Pg Amir said the more than 6,000 islanders are now facing difficulties when the clean water supply is cut off, following the dry season – a perennial woe.

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He said the issue had been brought to the District Action Meeting for a short-term solution in the event of a drought, but still no solution had been taken.
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