Reading this feature today, Tapping the resource of clean water. World Water Day, is a timely reminder for all of us that we are living on borrowed time and that strong policies are required to save water for our future generations. The Water and Energy Consumer Association Malaysia secretary-general S. Piarapakaran.painted a very bleak picture of the situation in our nation, and the gist of it all is that State Governments and big corporations are in cahoots to destroy what is left of our pristine forests, the natural catchment areas for clean and potable water. This, in spite of existing laws designating areas as forest reserves and water catchment areas! This article has also reminded me of the letter that I wrote to your paper Preserve our forests.. in November 2009, wherein I have expressed my disappointment at the destructive policies of Timber companies, which seek only to make profits at the expense of our environment. The recent news that Beijing is experiencing unexpected sand storms caused by land being denuded of trees.. Do the reminders expressed by the writer on World Water Day thus be of any use? Not much, I am afraid, unless we start IMMEDIATELY to curtail the activities of big plantations and Timber corporations. And State Governments, who are only interested in filling up the State coffers..
To me the publishing of this feature, though welcomed, will only be responsible for the felling of a few more trees for the paper it's printed on, no more..:-(
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