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Streetlight poles pose grave danger to residents
After roads and manholes, streetlight poles adjacent to streets and roads are posing a grave threat to the safety of residents and commuters alike.
​Hyderabad: After roads and manholes, streetlight poles adjacent to streets and roads are posing a grave threat to the safety of residents and commuters alike.
Several such poles which were damaged heavily during the recent rains have been left unattended for the past several days. Residents have claimed that even after bringing the matter to the notice of the local Corporators and Corporation officials, it remained unresolved.
20% of poles have either collapsed or are damaged due to heavy rains
There are as many as 4,13,029 streetlights in the city under the jurisdiction of the GHMC, of which about 20 per cent have either collapsed or are damaged due to heavy rains in May.
Even though the civic body has managed to clear the fully collapsed poles, they are yet to remove other leaning poles which are about to fall or collapse. Several poles which are in a semi-collapsed state have been posing a threat to citizens, as they can fall on the high tension electricity wires.
A half collapsed streetlight pole near Moti Darwaza near the Golconda Fort is almost on the verge of falling on to high tension wires. Residents claimed that it has the potential to claim several lives in case of a mishap.
Mohammad Irfan, a resident of Moti Darwaza said that the pole, which was damaged some time ago, was likely to get uprooted. He said that the neighbouring area was densely populated and children play in the area, sending shivers down the spine for some time now.
Similarly, several unsafe poles have been found in parts of the Old city. Several slums in Uppal, Kapra, and peripheral circles of the GHMC limits have remained unattended for several months.
M Venkatesh, a resident of Chilukanagar said that the leaning pole in the vicinity has been posing danger not only to the people of the slum but also to pushcart vendors who constantly take rest at the nearby tree from which electricity and cables are running.
Senior GHMC officials were clueless about the issue and assured remedial measures once the locations of these leaning poles were handed over to them at the earliest.
