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Touted to be one of the biggest sewage plants in Asia, the plant is aimed at pumping out 564 million litres of treated water into the Yamuna river daily.
Green algae, sewage and litter in rivers mean there may be nothing to catch in future, fishers say.
The story goes like this: for years, locals near the rivers, in absence of proper waste management facilities, dump household garbage (which include large amounts of plastic) right into the river, thinking that the water will carry it away.
KOTA KINABALU: The community must be proactive in safeguarding rivers against pollution, says Kapayan assemblyman Jannie Lasimbang.
The River and Delta Research Centre (RDRC), a research institute, has found that around 77 rivers face the onslaught of aggressive extraction of sand.