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- Kochi Corporation plans to remove hazardous, low-hanging, and untagged overhead cables from public roads.
- The local government intends to recover removal costs from the cable operators responsible for the infrastructure.
- The Kerala High Court previously ordered both the Corporation and the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited to address the safety risks posed by these wires.
- Many cables remain on utility poles because operators frequently abandon old lines instead of removing them when installing new technology.
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- The upcoming resumption of the cable removal drive following the football World Cup.
- Implementation of zonal-level meetings with division councillors to coordinate maintenance.
- Potential adoption of a mandated clamp system or duct system for future cable management.
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Minimol
Mayor
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“The Town Planning Committee has been asked to initiate the drive at the earliest to remove such cables and to collect expenses from the operators concerned, as directed by the auditors. The agency permitted to install master boards in the city has also been tasked with removing illegal advertisement boards and maintaining cables along stretches where they manage master boards”
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…remove dangerous, low-hanging, and untagged overhead internet and cable television wires after they were found to cause accidents, including fatalities. Such cables continue to dot many prominent roads in the city. “ The Town Planning Committee has been asked to initiate the drive at the earliest to remove such cables and to collect expenses from the operators concerned, as directed by the auditors. The agency permitted to install master boards in the city has also been tasked with removing illegal advertisement boards and maintaining cables along stretches where they manage master boards ,” said Mayor V.K. Minimol. She noted that only three companies have obtained permits from the Corporation for drawing overhead cables. However, several other players continue to draw cables through electricity poles by…
Naseema
chairperson of the Town Planning Committee
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“Zonal-level meetings will be held with the participation of division councillors concerned to restore order in the maintenance of overhead cables and cut them where necessary”
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…poles by paying fees solely to KSEBL, Ms. Minimol added. P.M. Naseema, chairperson of the Town Planning Committee, said the drive temporarily suspended during the football World Cup will be resumed shortly. “ Zonal-level meetings will be held with the participation of division councillors concerned to restore order in the maintenance of overhead cables and cut them where necessary ,” she said. While the Corporation and KSEBL undertake periodic drives to restore order, the situation invariably slips back into messy disorder soon after. Operators call for clamp system E. Jayadevan, president of the…
Jayadevan
president of the Kerala Cable Television Federation
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“KSEBL should introduce a clamp system on their electric poles and make it mandatory for all cables to be drawn through it and properly tagged. All other cables should be removed. A duct system should also be made universal, doing away with overhead cables altogether”
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…rectify complaints. Moreover, companies shifting to newer technologies seldom bother to remove the redundant cables they have already laid. “The problem is that authorities have never thought of a permanent solution. KSEBL should introduce a clamp system on their electric poles and make it mandatory for all cables to be drawn through it and properly tagged. All other cables should be removed. A duct system should also be made universal, doing away with overhead cables altogether ,” Mr. Jayadevan said. Published - September 21, 2026 11:27 am IST…
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