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Hardwired for disaster?

Spot 1: As you get down from the Sion flyover, where it meets Dr Ambedkar Road, near the High Apartment building, you will see several wires spread over your head. If the wire looses grip, it will come falling down on the road. "Cable wires above the roads are a problem. Whenever we see someone putting a cable we stop him," said a traffic constable, at Highway Apartment.

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Spot 2:
Priyadarshani, under Bhagwan Satyanarayanan Udand Bridge

Spot 3:
Postal Colony near Nehru Nagar, Kurla
This signal has schools nearby. Children are in close proximity of these wires that rest on the divider.

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Inspector B More of Sion police station said, “We are not responsible for these cables, have we received any complaint about them. If we receive any, we will forward them to the BMC’s fire brigade department.”u00a0“We keep a track on the highways. I am sure there are no loose cables in our jurisdiction,” said an officer from Pant Nagar police station.u00a0“We have about a km of the highway in our jurisdiction. I don’t think these wires fall in our area. We haven’t witnessed any accidents happening due to the cables,” said an inspector of Nehru Nagar police station, requesting anonymity. u00a0


In a mesh: Cable wires, suspended from lampposts, criss-cross over several stretches on the Eastern Express Highway.u00a0Pic/Datta Kumbhar

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