The government has decided to manage overhead cables hanging perilously from utility poles while constructing and repairing roads in Kathmandu. The messy wires dangling from poles or left uncared ...

Other opportunities include strengthening accompanying hardware like the fastenings that attach lines to poles, ... but reduced its overhead distribution cables only by about 1,400 miles, ...

A concrete mixer truck had pulled the illegal cables attached to the pole. A similar accident in Kadubeesanahalli had a 23-year-old man trapped under a fallen pole, enmeshed in a labyrinth of cables.

Across Indian cities, overhead cables have become a serious concern. In densely populated metropolitans like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Pune, fiber and power lines hang loosely from poles, ...

We have lost sight of their unsightliness. Utility beat aesthetics decades ago. But here’s the thing: The wires have multiplied. Old wires appear to co-exist with new wires now.

Unauthorised fibre-optic cables are a common sight on Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration’s (LESA) electricity and street-light poles Thursday, Jun 26, 2025 New Delhi o C ...

BHUBANESWAR: As the state capital braces to tackle cyclone Dana, dangling overhead wires at many places, especially in residential areas, have emerged as a major concern for the city residents.

Overhead cables and electric lines are often blamed for defacing the city’s appearance. ... At least 15 unauthorised cables are tied to every electric pole along Shastri Road in Tiruchi.

The broadband company said overhead cables are the "only current option" People in a town designed to be free of overhead wires are furious wooden poles have been erected outside their homes to ...

Overgrown trees and creepers landing on overhead cables, replacement of rusting poles, and insulator punctures to cable faults are some of the reasons for frequent outages being reported from ...