Moving to an opposite view and looking at the shoreline from the edge of the re-aligned road to Fraser’s Hill. In the previous pic, I was on the extreme left, somewhere up on the hills.
No modern dam will be without controversy. Its environmental impact was scrutinised, debated and protested during its planning and construction. Ironically, all eyes now are on its water level and the dire consequence of a water shortage.
To defray some of the ill wind, there is a visitor’s center with a information officer on site, ready to furnish data and answer questions. Few other dams in the country provide this kind of access and technical info to the public.
The upstairs verandah is now locked but you can request for it be unlocked. Go up for a breezy and very calming view.
You may damn the dam and justifiably so. But the reality is insatiable, ever-increasing demand for water from residential, commercial and industrial consumers means the inevitable.
In the near future, even this last natural resource of the state might also fall short. What with Klang Valley growing ever so frantically.
Sony Alpha a7R, ISO 100, f11, 1/500 sec.
