AUTHORITIES are finally clearing an unsightly abandoned bus-stop outside the former SK Danau Perdana in Kuala Lumpur.
The structure had fallen into severe neglect over the past two decades, becoming an unauthorised storage area and a makeshift home filled with discarded furniture and salvaged belongings.
Following a joint site inspection on July 7, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and Alam Flora are expected to coordinate efforts to clear the area along Jalan 1/109F today, resolving a long-standing eyesore for the local community.
The bus-stop had gradually fallen into a state of neglect, filled with plastic containers, discarded furniture and salvaged clothes, ever since the adjacent school closed over two decades ago.
Taman Desa Residents Association (TDRA) chairman Wong Chan Choy had lodged a formal complaint through DBKL’s Adu@KL portal after residents noticed the structure was no longer serving its intended purpose.
He said: “I am happy to report that DBKL and Alam Flora have agreed to clear the bus-stop for the time being, with works expected to begin on Saturday.”
The inter-agency site visit involved officers from the DBKL Seputeh Branch office, SWCorp, Alam Flora and DBKL’s Health and Environment Department.
When contacted, DBKL Seputeh branch manager Ahmad Fairuz Bustamam confirmed the site visit and said the department was liaising with SWCorp to carry out the cleanup this Saturday at 9am.
“We are also looking into who owns the bus-stop. Since it no longer functions as a bus-stop, we may no longer need it.”
Residents welcomed the move, saying that it used to serve students and parents when the school was operating.
“Once the school closed, fewer people used it, and it was eventually forgotten,” said resident Jason Tan.
“Over the years, more and more items started appearing there until it became what it is today.
“We are glad the authorities are finally taking action, because it is not a good sight for the neighbourhood,” he added.
When StarMetro visited the abandoned bus-stop in Taman Danau Desa recently, plastic containers, baskets, discarded furniture, clothes, bags and other salvaged belongings filled almost every corner of the structure.
The issue also comes amid separate concerns over the leasing of the former SK Danau Perdana site to a private company, highlighting residents’ broader calls for greater transparency in the management of public land.
Built at a cost of RM14.5mil in 2003, SK Danau Perdana was forced to close two years later after severe structural defects and cracks were discovered.
The site has remained abandoned for more than two decades, becoming an eyesore that attracted illegal dumping, trespassers, homeless individuals and suspected drug users.
