The Marikina City government on Friday, March 21, continues to ramp up its efforts against dangling and tangled telecommunications (telco) wires and electric posts to ensure the safety of its residents.
Officials of the city government had recently conducted a bundling activity along Barangay Kalumpang to rebundle the dangling telco wires to prevent accidents from happening because of it.
"Sa inisyatiba ni Mayor Marcy Teodoro, sinimulang isagawa ng Pamahalaang Lungsod ng Marikina ang pagbubungkos sa mga utility cables tulad ng kable ng kuryente, telepono, Internet, atbp. ilang taon na ang nakararaan (Through the initiative of Mayor Marcy Teodoro, the city government of Marikina has started to rebundle utility cables, including electric, telephone, and internet cables years ago)," the city government said.
"Kung hindi maayos na nakabungkos at oras na lumundo ang mga kable ay maaaring masabit dito ang mga sasakyan o mga taong nagdaraan at maging sanhi ng aksidente. Maaari ring maging mabuway ang posteng pinagkakabitan ng mga lumundong kable kaya maaari itong tumumba at maging sanhi ng disgrasya (If the installation and bundling of these cables fail, these will become heavy causing it to dangle and be a cause of accidents. The weight of these cables may also cause the posts where these are connected to fall and cause injury or harm to the public)," it added.
The city government reminded utility cable companies who got permission from the local government unit (LGU) to properly install cables in Marikina to ensure that these will not be removed from its bundling to prevent accidents.
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In May of last year, the Metro Manila Council (MMC) has passed a resolution urging local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) to issue ordinances against dangling and tangled telco wires and electric posts in Metro Manila.
According to MMDA Resolution Number 24-16, Series of 2024, NCR cities are urged to “enact and adopt an ordinance regulating and monitoring the construction, installation and maintenance of distribution lines and other appurtenant structures and assemblies of public utilities within their jurisdiction territory.”
Ito po ay mga wires ng ating mga telco [telecommunication] companies at networks na nakakabit doon sa mga poste ng Meralco at paglipas ng mga panahon, minsan dekada pa, ay talagang nagpapatung-patong na (These are old, sometimes decades-old wires of telco companies and networks installed on Meralco posts, which have accumulated and become tangled)," Zamora said.
He added that LGUs may also conduct tracing and removal of unused telecom and electric wires, as well as limiting the number of allowed wires per post.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Romando Artes also noted that each LGU will have its own way of implementing the ordinance, as well as setting the penalties for individuals and companies who will not comply.