Ludhiana, April 7 -- More than seven months after PSPCL launched its pilot project to remove dangling and low-hanging wires in Ludhiana, large parts of the city continue to remain buried under the same hazardous web of cables, raising serious questions over the pace of a project that was promised as both a public safety measure and an urban beautification exercise.

The initiative was first announced in September 2025, when the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) said all non-electric wires, dish cables, internet fibre and risky multiple joints would be removed from poles and low-hanging electric lines raised to safer heights.

However, despite the early deadline, the work has remained largely confined to one division of the ci...