They have always been told not to throw things into rivers and lakes but yesterday, that piece of advice was happily ignored by a group of pupils as they joined in efforts to rehabilitate the Kelana Jaya lakes.

Together with Motorola Malaysia employees, the students of Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Kelana threw 1,100 effective microorganism (EM) mudballs into Lake 4 as an initiative to cleanse and conserve the water ecosystem.

The event was to mark Motorola's fourth annual global community service programme called Global Day of Service.

Themed "Green & Global", the event saw Motorola employees and 27 pupils from the school's Smart Rangers getting their hands dirty in a workshop where they moulded the EM mudballs made of soil, fermented rice bran and EM solution. 

Before the mudballs were thrown into Lake 4, the EM solution were poured into the lake to improve its water quality and clarity, and revive the ecosystem.

The mudballs will help reduce sludge, remove odour from the lake and control the growth of algae.

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