Water samples from Sungai Ketil sent to Chemistry Dept following fish kill incident

 

DOE personnel collecting water samples from the polluted Sungai Ketil in Taman Wangi - NSTP/PAYA LINDA YAHYA

GUA MUSANG: Water samples from Sungai Ketil have been sent to the Chemistry Department for testing after hundreds of fish were found dead in Rimba Wangi Recreational Park here recently.

Kelantan Department of Environment (DOE) director Wan Aminordin Wan Kamarudin said they also issued orders to monitor the river immediately to ensure the fish kill incident would not recur.

"We have received complaints about the fish kill incident in Sungai Ketil near Rimba Wangi Recreational Park and we are concerned about the matter.

"Each time we receive a complaint, action, including monitoring, is taken.

"The complaint about dark water was resolved previously, but now we have a fish kill case," he said when contacted by Bernama recently.

He said the department was uncertain whether the Fisheries Department has been informed to gather a sample of the fish to identify the real cause behind the fish kill.

– Bernama