Kuala Lumpur mayor Mahadi Che Ngah said the approach was taken to support the effort towards creating a low-carbon city.

“This can make the air here cleaner and the people feeling more comfortable and safer, besides helping to improve the health level.

“For a start, we gave away the My30 travel card for public transport services provided by Prasarana Malaysia Berhad early this month.

“We are also studying a ban on our employees from driving to work every Friday to encourage a low-carbon lifestyle. The action is to minimise the release of carbon from the use of motor vehicles in the city centre,” he said.

He was speaking after the opening of the Kuala Lumpur Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Centre here, today, by Federal Territories Minister Shahidan Kassim.

Mahadi said DBKL also planned to develop solar farms at several lakes in the federal capital to replace the use of fossil fuels.

The SDG Centre is an interactive base which combines all the initiatives and commitments for the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by Kuala Lumpur.