Power lines to be buried in HCM City
HCM City Power Company plans to lay the entire medium-voltage cable network and half of the low-voltage network in District 1 and District 3 under ground by 2015.
In other districts, they will go beneath the ground only along certain streets.
Tang Nai Tong, deputy director of the company, said, “Telecom cables should not be piggyback on electricity lines,” suggesting telecom service providers should have their own poles for cables.
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HCM City Power Company plans to lay the entire medium-voltage cable network and half of the low-voltage network in District 1 and District 3 under ground by 2015. (Photo: VNN) |
The company had piloted a programme in those districts to classify cables, getting rid of useless ones and demanding the removal of those strung without permission by others.
Sixty per cent of others’ cables had been put up in violation of regulations for using electricity poles, he said, making things messy.
On Dinh Tien Hoang street, for instance, there were 18 unauthorised cables put up by internet service provider FPT.
Tong expected the work for entire network of the city to be finished by 2025, but Le Manh Ha, director of the city’s information and communications department, was not optimistic, saying it would take “100 years.”
Experts said the work would require a massive amount of money and close co-operation between the power and other utilities.
Source:vietnamnet.vn
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