Nepal, Oct. 28 -- Tangled overhead wires and deteriorating utility poles that once marred Pokhara's streetscape and posed safety risks are gradually disappearing as the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) moves to install underground power lines across key urban areas.

The removal of cluttered poles and dangling wires has opened up roads and improved the city's appearance, allowing clearer views of the surrounding mountains. Alongside electricity cables, telephone, cable television and internet lines are also being shifted underground.

The NEA began underground cabling in Pokhara four years ago under the Pokhara-Bharatpur Distribution System Strengthening Project. The project aims to install underground electrical cables across 223 kilome...