Kochi Corporation to launch drive to remove low-hanging overhead cables
The Kochi Corporation is launching an initiative to remove dangerous, low-hanging overhead cables across the city. The project aims to address safety concerns and recover costs from cable operators, many of whom leave redundant wires behind.
Why it matters
This reflects urban infrastructure management challenges and the difficulty of regulating private utility providers in rapidly growing cities.
The Kochi Corporation is set to launch a drive to remove low-hanging cables across various stretches of the city, with the cost to be recovered from the respective cable owners.
The Kerala High Court has repeatedly directed the Corporation and the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL) to identify and 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.
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