KELANTAN is among three states – the others being Sabah and Sarawak – where lack of access to clean water has reached critical levels.
For decades, a shallow well contaminated by animal carcasses and rubbish has been the main source of water for villagers in Kuala Krai.
The PAS-led Kelantan government has done little to resolve the decades-long problem. It has provided pipes to connect the well’s supply to villagers’ homes, but the water is unfiltered.
After the massive floods in December 2014, Kuala Krai folk have relied on civil society group Mercy Malaysia to build tube wells, water tanks and a dam, with funding provided by Maybank Islamic under a two-year programme.
Villagers helped build a gravity-feed system in their remote kampung, bringing down the project’s cost by 30%.
For years, residents had no proper access to clean water, but this year, they were able to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri with uninterrupted supply. – June 19, 2019.
A man turning on a water tap in Kg Sg Tias, Kuala Krai, Kelantan. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.Restaurant owner Nazir Esa standing between newly set up water tanks in Kg Sg Tias, Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.Villagers sitting on a rock near a dam in Kg Gertak Kangkong, Kuala Krai. They helped build a gravity-feed system in their remote kampung, bringing down the project's cost by 30%. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.Glasses filled with mountain water (left) and bore water seen in Kg Sg Tias, Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.A man sitting on a newly built water pipe near a dam in Kg Gertak Kangkong, Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.A man standing on a dam in Kg Gertak Kangkong, Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.A newly built water pipe snakes across a river in Kg Gertak Kangkong, Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.A view of a dam in Kg Gertak Kangkong, Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.A schoolboy walking past a water tank built by Mercy Malaysia at SK Laloh in Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.Schoolkids waiting to brush their teeth at SK Laloh in Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.A man showing the muddy water from a pipe in Kg Gong Genor, Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.Housewife Norashikin Yaso washing dishes in Kg Bukit Pagar, Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.Housewife Norashikin Yaso turning on a water tap in a newly built toilet in Kg Bukit Pagar, Kuala Krai. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, June 19, 2019.
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