KOLKATA: After three decades, residents along a stretch of Harish Mukherjee Road on Tuesday had an unhindered view of buildings on either side of the road and the sky without the cable clutter coming in the way. This was possible after cable TV operators, internet service providers and telecom companies removed the mesh of overhead cables that have become an eyesore all over Kolkata.
“All these years, all I could see when I looked out of the first floor window were cables. Initially, around 30 years ago, there was only one cable. Then gradually the numbers increased till it became a mesh of cables and blocked the view. After a while I stopped peering out of the window to avoid the eyesore. On Tuesday, I got my view back, thanks to the shifting of the cables underground. We residents of Harish Mukherjee Road are lucky the cleanup has started here. I hope it gets extended to other localities as residents there also deserve to have the skyline cleaned up,” said businessman Sayantan Das who lives on Harish Mukherjee Road.
