21.   Fire trucks and water tankers have been bringing water to the rehab pool and department pumper trucks then relay the greenish water into hospital pipes.

22.   Fire trucks and water tankers will be sent to areas hardest hit by the water reduction plan, authorities said.

23.   Friday, Washington announced it was sending blankets, water tankers and forklifts that reached the quake zone the next day.

24.   Hashim, who is the State Secretary, said the State Government had rented more water tankers today.

25.   He added that the authorities were putting water tankers on stand-by to deliver water.

26.   He also said the Cabinet had directed local councils to take over the supervision of the operations of water tankers during the current water crisis from the Waterworks Department.

27.   Gunaseelan said the centre had also proposed sending volunteers to assist in manning the Waterworks Department hotlines and also accompanying water tankers to affected areas.

28.   He said presently the Malacca Water Corporation did not have enough water tankers.

29.   He said other than taking immediate steps such as distributing supply using water tankers, the ministry had also devised medium and long-term plans to tackle the problem.

30.   He said the Selangor Waterworks Department had been sending water tankers to the area on a regular basis as the rationing schedule could not be met.