CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (January 1) — A total of 238 kilometers of dead wires and cables were untangled and cleaned up by the city’s Task Force “Hapsay Kable (cables in order)” throughout the year of 2018 or an additional of 104 more kilometers since its last report in June.
According to Teodoro Buenavista Jr., vice chairperson of the Task Force and Regional Director of National Telecommunications Commission in Region 10 (NTC-10), there were also 69 poles that were “retired” and another 108 alley arms removed.
In an earlier interview, Buenavista said the project would have its different phases, and that the recovered dead wires and cables would be donated to organizations that would in turn process them into reusable materials like additional garbage bins.
The Task Force was formed by virtue of Executive Order No. 172-2017, then known as the “CDO ICT Task Force on Cables and Wires,” signed by Mayor Oscar Moreno in November 2017.
The project has become a joint initiative of the city, NTC-10, telecommunication players, civil society organizations, and professional groups. –PNA
