Malaysia water crisis leaves rich, poor high and dry

  • 04/12/1997

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)

For nearly 2,000 people in this low-income housing project, going eight days without water simply confirmed their belief that Malaysian officials had forgotten them.As nearly 2 million people in the capital and its suburbs head into their sixth month of strict water rationing, few residents rich or poor go untouched.Legends to explain the water shortage abound, such as one about hazardous ammonium in a city reservoir that forced authorities to turn off the taps.