Dredging is vital for maintaining navigable waterways, supporting maritime trade, and removing contaminated sediments. However, it can disrupt ecosystems through increased turbidity, contaminant release, and habitat destruction. As a result, responsible management is needed to strike a balance between enabling economic progress through dredging and preserving the environment.
MANJUNG: Airline pilot Captain Muhammad Afiq Shaid never gave up hope when he got retrenched in November.
Instead, he started a business by growing oyster mushrooms in his hometown here.
The 31-year-old father of two said he never thought he would be jobless after being in the airline service for nine years.
But he always had an interest in agriculture. And when he started to sense that his job was in trouble, he quickly started planning his next step.
“My father has an oil palm plantation at the back of his house in Teluk Rubiah here, and I decided to take up the challenge to cultivate mushrooms.