Kedah Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak’s insistent on going ahead with logging at the state’s catchment areas has exposed a teething weakness of Pakatan Rakyat.

Concerned environmental groups have said that the move could see the cutting down of one million trees. A possible lack of enforcement may threaten these areas and cause an irreparable damage to the environment and ecosystem. At present, Perlis and Penang source more than 80 percent of their water supply from Kedah.