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Desa to free electric poles from tangles

Avne Sanwar Rahman
Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (Desa) has not yet received any positive response from the utility service providers about the removal of telephone, internet and cable television lines from Desa’s electric poles by December 15.
As part.of a beautification pro-ject.of the city, Desa took the initiative to free its electric poles from the tangles of various wires and cables.
"We expected that the utility service providers concerned will talk to us, but we have not yet seen any positive sign," AAMA Rab, chairman ofDesa, told Star City.
Desa would cut off the unauthorised cables and wires on electric poles if the utility service providers do npt remove them or negotiate with Desa within the deadline.
"Wehavenootherwaybutto cut the satellite TV cables, internet and telephone lines that have created a mess. We have tried to negotiate with the providers for years but failed. Now Desa has decided to cut all these lines," the Desa chairman said.
The city is criss-crossed with untidy cables of Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB), internet service providers, cable TV operators and Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), mostly hanging from the electric poles.
Desa has long been trying to organise the cables in a systematic way for giving the poles a descent look "We have asked the service providers to build structure for their cables or pay Desa to build and organise the cables," said Rab.
However, Cable Operators Association of Bangladesh (Coab) said the cable TV lines are not
responsible for the tangles on electric poles.
"We use fibre optics and we are able to provide many connections through a single cable. But for internet and telephone lines, the operators need one cable for each connection," said Anwar Parvez, president of Coab.
"We had a meeting with Desa chairman and Desco managing director and showed them what we have done to organise the cables."
Desa wants every service provider who uses the electric poles should pay charges for using the poles and have registration with Desa.
"At the beginning we asked the cable operators and others to build structures for organising cables but they failed. Then we decided to do it on our own. The providers have to pay Desa the service charges," said the Desa chairman.