Kuala Lumpur - Pails and water containers have been selling like hot cakes, especially after Malaysia said it will expand water rationing in and around its capital, in a move affecting millions as drought continues to scorch the region.
The national water commission said last Friday that over 300,000 households in Kuala Lumpur and nearby Selangor will experience cuts for the whole of this month, after a two-month dry spell depleted reservoirs.
Some 431,617 households and businesses in the districts of Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling, Klang, Shah Alam, Kuala Selangor and Hulu Selangor will be affected. They will have water for 41 hours, after which there will be no supply for 55 hours.
TTS Distribution, a convenience store in Taman OUG, said people were coming from as far as Subang and Klang to buy water containers to store water.
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