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7/11/24, 10:09 AM Dubai Municipality implements field campaign to monitor and remove neglected vehicles at 9 vehicle registration and testing centers

The campaign targeted the following centers – Warsan Registration Centre, Al-Qusais Registration
Centre, Shamil Muhaisnah Vehicle Testing and Registration Centre, Wasel Vehicles Testing Nadd Al
Hammar, Tamam Vehicle Centre, Al-Aweir Motor Show, Al-Barsha Registration Centre, Al Mumayaz
Vehicle Testing, and Wasel Al-Jadaf Centre.

During the campaign, around 68 vehicle clearance alerts, 38 poster alerts, and 30 short SMS text

messages were issued for discarded vehicles in the parking lots and courtyards. The campaign
achieved a response rate of 95 per cent, efficiently addressing and managing the situation.

Eng. Saeed Safar, Director of Waste Operations Department at Dubai Municipality, said: “The campaign

is a part of the Municipality’s annual campaigns aimed at removing any elements that may distort the
urban and aesthetic appeal of Dubai and cause adverse environmental impacts. Furthermore, the
campaign pursued to enhance community awareness about the impact of damaged or neglected
vehicles and the risk of their negligent accumulation, in addition to promoting the values of community

responsibility to enhance the emirate’s appeal and the aesthetics of the public facilities. By doing so, it
aimed to support our pillars in integrated waste management, offer cutting-edge and efficient municipal
services in the field of city hygiene, and advance our objectives of making Dubai a more sustainable
city.”

Safar highlighted that over the previous month, the Municipality had assigned a monitoring team to track
neglected vehicles and equipment, which includes all types of light and heavy vehicles, locomotives,
trailers, boats and various neglected maritime. This crew included a team from the Road and Transport
Authority and the Emirates' contracted parking company to handle the transport and seizure of
discarded vehicles.

Monitoring procedures

Dubai Municipality’s monitoring team for tracking neglected vehicles and equipment in the Emirate
works according to a series of administrative procedures, which begins with the issuance of a warning
for a period that can vary from 3 to 15 days, depending on the location and state of the vehicle. If the

vehicle has a dashboard in Dubai, an SMS will be issued to its owner to improve the speed of response.
If the period specified in the warning is met, the vehicle will be towed to the impoundment yard in the Al-
Awir area. Before selling it through the Committee for the Disposal of Abandoned Vehicles, the owner
has the right to retrieve the vehicle by communicating, reviewing, and completing the requisite
procedures.

Responsibility and Awareness

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