[WATCH] Clean water a privilege for Kuala Krai folk


Seth Akmal Fikri Ghazali

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 20, 2019.


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