THERE was a drastic drop in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution around the world due to the shutting down of industrial activities and record l...
was a drastic drop in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution around the world due to the shutting down of industrial activities and record low number of cars on the road and planes in the sky.
It is a matter of time before factories go full swing into production and our towns and cities will be traffic-choked again. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, pollution of rivers, which are our main source of raw water, happened on a number of occasions. The Sungai Kim Kim incident in Johor is a case in point.
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