The digging of the roads to stuff the overhead cables to underground is complete, but the equipment needed to set up the cables beneath the surface is yet to arrive, according to officials of ISPAB. The drive to shift cables underground has significantly increased the internet service provider’s expenditure, he said. The internet service providers and cable operators had been given time after time to remove the cables, but they overlooked them every time. Earlier, the two city corporations started cutting overhead cables from August for the beautification of Dhaka city. The ISPs alleged that as a result of DSCC’s drive to remove illegal overhead cable connections without first setting up the underground cable management system, it forced them to incur an estimated loss of Tk 20 crore in August and September.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 01, 2020 17:48 UTC