GEORGE TOWN, April 1 -- Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) will be seeking assistance from National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to carry out cloud-seeding operations as water levels in its two dams dropped.

PBAPP chief executive officer Datuk K. Pathmanathan said they hoped for cloud seeding operations to be held over the water catchment areas (WCA) of Air Itam Dam and Teluk Bahang Dam on the island.

"We hope that NADMA and the RMAF will respond before the Teluk Bahang Dam's effective capacity drops below the 40 per cent mark," he said in a statement today.

He said it is currently the inter-monsoon period, which provides suitable cloud cover for seeding.

He said the effective capaci...