City Hall’s costly battle with abandoned vehicles


DBKL officers at the depot in Cheras which holds numerous vehicles needing to be disposed of. — SHAARI CHEMAT/The Star

DESPITE spending millions of ringgit each year to remove abandoned vehicles from the streets, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) recoups only a fraction of this cost through annual vehicle auctions, generating an average of RM300,000.

“This is a problem-solving mission,” said DBKL executive director (Socio-Economic Development) Ismadi Sakirin.

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