From January to August 2023, the North Jakarta administration has controlled 1,335 aerial cable utility points that are vulnerable and deemed dangerous.

It is done to prevent unwanted things

North Jakarta Mayor, Ali Maulana Hakim said the 1,335 aerial cable utility points that had been regulated consisted of loose and dangling cables, porous, and unlicensed poles. Besides controlling the points that have been recorded, his party would gradually survey other locations throughout North Jakarta.

"1,050 of them had loose cables and were tidied up. Then at 250 points was cut off and 35 points the condition of the poles was porous so they were removed," he said, when he led the aeral cables controlling in Sunter Agung Urban Village, Wednesday (8/23).

As for controlling the vulnerable aerial cable utilities, his party had coordinated with APJATEL and PLN as the utility owners.

"It is done to prevent unwanted things," he expressed.

He hopes for public support to report findings of dangerous or chaotic utilities. Officers will follow up on every resident's report, thus there are no more victims of road users due to utilities.

"So far, this August, seven points have been controlled based on residents' reports. Because of that, we really hope for resident participation in reporting dangerous points," he asserted.

North Jakarta Bina Marga Sub-agency Head, Ilham Raya added from the search results, it was known that not all aerial cable utilities on roads were licensed. Often, his party also found several aerial cables that were not used but were not cleaned up by the owner.

"It wasn't long ago that we put things in order on Jalan Bugis area. We routinely have a sweeping team tasked with controlling things," he stated.