KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Friday it will expand water rationing in and around its capital, in a move affecting millions as drought continues to scorch a tropical country usually synonymous with torrential rain.

The national water commission said in a statement over 300,000 households in Kuala Lumpur and nearby Selangor, Malaysia’s most populous state, will experience cuts for the whole of March, after a two-month dry spell depleted reservoirs.

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