Frayed cables — often live — dangle at head-height on many streets, making safe navigation of the already treacherous pavements even harder. Other wires are left to bunch up near poles, creeping hazardously across the narrow footpaths. Like many city streets, the thoroughfares of Mysuru are festooned with electrical cables, a black web that hangs menacingly overhead.
But 'Cable-Able' Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (CESC) authorities are now untangling the cables and moving them underground as part of an urban renewal. The aim is to make Mysuru not only safer but easier on the eyes and less prone to blackouts. Walk with this Weekend Star Supplement to understand the magnitude of work that is being undertaken by CESC as they lay underground cables stage-by-stage.
