PETALING JAYA: About 150,000 people in Papar, Sabah, have been affected by the ongoing drought, said district disaster management committee chairman Fuad Abdullah.

Kota Kinabalu: The school session in 62 schools involving 23,740 students in Papar are operating as usual despite the district being declared a drought disaster area following a critical water supply crisis due to the hot weather for the past few weeks.