India, April 22 -- Acting on directions from the standing committee, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has initiated the process of framing a policy for overhead cables, focusing specifically on safety and regulation.

Additional municipal commissioner Omprakash Diwate chaired a meeting on Tuesday and instructed officials to prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) for installing and managing overhead cables across the city.

"We discussed various aspects of overhead cabling and decided to study and adopt elements of the Hyderabad model, including fixing a standard height for such cables," Diwate said.

As part of the plan, the civic body will conduct a citywide survey of existing overhead cables. Officials said the exercise will a...