waterfall tragedy in Batu Berangkai in Kampar, which took three young lives, is not new. There were many such incidents in the last three decades but none as serious as this.I lived about 200m away from the waterfall from 1975 to 1980. During those years I saw many visitors passing by our wooden house to get to the waterfall. We would know something tragic had happened every time we saw a black van...
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Two youths hailing from Malappuram district were reported missing while bathing in the Arippara waterfalls in Thiruvambadi panchayat in Kozhikode district. The waterfall is a tributary of the Iruvanjipuzha....
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that was what factory manager Yew Siew Beng received at 8pm on Sunday when a policeman told him that his daughter Shy Gin, 21, had been swept away at the Batu Berangkai waterfalls.“I waited the whole night for a miracle that my daughter would still be alive,” said the 58-year-old. His wife and son had rushed to Kampar.Rest in peace: Ghim Chnieh’s family members perfoming a ritual prayer for him at...
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view of the scenic Tirathgarh waterfalls located amidst thick forest near Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.VISAKHAPATNAM: Relish the finest moods of winters amidst the seamless lush greenery of Chhattisgarh. For weekend travellers, Chhattisgarh Tourism Board has introduced a special package covering the weekend that offers a breathtaking peep at some of the most beautiful places near Jagdalpur.One of the...
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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Meteorological Department has urged the public to take precautions when going to rivers and waterfalls during this inter-monsoon season.The department’s central forecast director Saw Bun Liong said the current season that usually brought heavy rain to west coast areas will see high volume of water flowing into rivers from the highlands.“When the current gushes from the...
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READ with sadness the news report of three young lives swept away by a swift gush of water at the Kampar waterfall.I grew up in Kampar and every now and then we hear of such tragedies. I believe this is not the first time and it won’t be the last time that this sort of tragedy occurs.The sudden gush of water from upstream is a common occurrence in waterways, all it needs is sudden heavy rain upstream.In...
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signature campaign and a clean-up trip to save the beautiful streams and waterfalls in TadaThe crackle of a beer bottle hitagainst a rock; the rustle ofplastic covers buffeted aboutby the wind - these are thesounds of a place gone to seed. Weare near what is popularly knownas the Tada waterfalls, part of thenorthern tip of the 30-km-long Nagalapuramhills.Located a little over 80 km north ofChennai,...
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Oct 25, I took part in a waterfall clean-up campaign at the Kanching Recreational Forest together with over 350 other volunteers as part of an environmental initiative by the Waterfall Survivors Facebook group.We collected and disposed of close to 400 bags of rubbish, almost all of it litter left behind by picnickers over the years.While the volunteers’ effort is commendable, I worry that not enough...
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signature campaign and a clean-up trip to save the beautiful streams and waterfalls in TadaThe crackle of a beer bottle hit against a rock; the rustle of plastic covers buffeted about by the wind — these are the sounds of a place gone to seed. We are near what is popularly known as the Tada waterfalls, part of the northern tip of the 30-km-long Nagalapuram hills.Located a little over 80 km north of...
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Stung by the sharp fall in the premium brand’s market share, Hindustan Unilever has dropped the girls to pitch for family intimacy. Will the new campaign wash?Before she stopped bathing under a waterfall, Karen Lunel made sure that the Liril ad caught the nation’s imagination. The ad with its famous jingle “la-i-ra-li-ra” ran for 12 years since 1975 and single-handedly catapulted Liril to one of the...
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