Bengal

Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will soon resume its project to shift overhead cables underground along several major city thoroughfares.

Addressing a Press conference on Friday, Mayor Firhad Hakim said the work had been temporarily halted during the festive season but would restart this winter. He clarified that it would not be possible for the civic body to carry out such work across the entire city due to limited resources and manpower.

“Many times, cable operators have assured us that they would shift the cables underground themselves, but they failed to do so despite repeated requests. For now, KMC is focusing on the main roads, channelling the cables through underground ducts,” the Mayor said. KMC had initially planned to take up the project on 15 major roa

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