This morning, Sultan Ibrahim got on board his airboat to inspect the cleanliness of the river and the riverbank. He was not happy with what he saw.

After the inspection, he instructed the state health and environment committee chairman R Vidyananthan to take immediate action and resolve the problem.

“The health and environment exco should take note of this matter, do not look at health issues alone, the environment is also an important part of the people’s lives,” he said in a post on his official Facebook page.

“There must be continuous work as well as enforcement and monitoring. Don’t wait to be reprimanded before scrambling to do things.”

Sultan Ibrahim also told Vidyananthan to prepare a report on polluted rivers in the state.

“There have been a lot of allocations given to agencies and departments to protect the rivers and environment, but there is no impact,” he said.