Overhead cable removal will resume: Taposh

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said the drive to remove overhead cables in the city would resume again.

The mayor also called upon the Internet Service Providers Association and Cable Operators Association of Bangladesh (COAB) to remove their overhead cables within the stipulated time, said a press release of DSCC.

In response to a question at the time, Taposh said, "We have extended the deadline by one month till December in response to their (Internet Service Providers Association and Cable Operators Association of Bangladesh) application."

Hopefully, they will finish the work within the stipulated time, he said. "Because we want to free the people of Dhaka from the rubbish of wires. And if it can't be completed within the stipulated time, we will start the removal of overhead cables again.

He was talking to reporters after inspecting overhead cable replacement work near Abahani playground in Dhanmondi this afternoon.