India, Feb. 7 -- With overhead cables increasingly cluttering roads and posing safety hazards, Pune Municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram directed officials to prepare a comprehensive policy and a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to regulate them.

Ram said overhead cables are being laid indiscriminately across the city, with many hanging dangerously over roads and footpaths. "These cables have become a serious safety issue. Accidents are happening because of them. Considering this, we are planning to bring in a policy along with SOPs for overhead cables," he said.

Citing a recent site visit to Hadapsar, the commissioner said a pedestrian was injured on a footpath due to overhead cables. Ram said illegal overhead cables not only pos...