Untangleuru
Mahadevapura Zone; all of
Break free Bengaluru, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) has started to free the city streets from the choke hold of cable wires. As a first step, a drive to remove cables was taken up in
Mahadevapura zone where unauthorised cables were removed from 48 km in Horamavu,
KR Puram,
RL Parameshwaraiah, Chief
Engineer, Mahadevapura Zone, said that they have begun removing such cables and will also file cases against the companies if they continue to lay unauthorised cables around trees or poles. BBMP officials estimate that around there are overhead cables stretching to up to 2,100 km are in Bengaluru.