Abandoned cars to be dumpedMunicipality issues warning

Around 40 abandoned cars have been issued municipal warning tickets for occupying the roadsides and vacant land in Manama areas.The Manama Municipality has pasted warnings on the cars that had been left permanently in one spot for months, said the Secretary of the Manama Municipal Council, Jassim Redha.“These cars have been spotted mainly near car garages in Salhiya, Hoora and Burhama areas. The municipality inspectors will give the owners one week to move the cars, after which they will take it to the municipality scrapyard behind Water Garden. We will keep the cars there for a month for the owners to collect them, and if there are no claimants, we will sell them,” he said.“Often garages purchase old cars, use the spare parts and dump the body on the roadsides. The practice of leaving a car for months on a road or an empty land is prohibited. We have a law of occupancy that states leaving a vehicle in an area for long time is against the law and is not environment-friendly.“The council is taking complaints from public about such abandoned cars. Recently, a number of people have reported such cars near some car garages in Salmaniya area. The municipality will soon visit this area to issue warnings and take further action,” he added.