Bengaluru's overhead cable menace persists as GBA rules await rollout

Optical fibre cables continue to hang low, lie snapped on footpaths and roads, and remain bunched around trees across several of Bengaluru's busiest stretches, even as fresh regulations proposed by the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) are yet to take effect.

The affected corridors include Hosur Road, Mysore Road, Indiranagar 100 Feet Road, Brigade Road, Bannerghatta Road and Koramangala 80 Feet Road near the Ganesh Temple. These are among the city's most heavily used routes, carrying a mix of commuter, commercial and residential traffic.

On these stretches, cables are seen sagging close to the ground, coiled into trees, or severed and left on pedestrian pathways and carriageways. The condition persists despite the high visibility of these locations.

The pending GBA regulations are expected to address the oversight of such infrastructure, but until they are operational, the tangle of wires remains a recurring feature of the cityscape.

Residents and commuters navigating these roads encounter the cables as a daily hazard, with the debris of broken lines adding to the clutter on already congested routes.