Close-up of telecommunication cables falling onto the road, posing a potential risk of traffic accidents
Quang An•October 18, 2025 14:48
After storm No. 10, on many streets in Nghe An, many telecommunication cables appeared to have fallen or broken onto the road but had not been completely handled, not only causing loss of urban beauty but also posing a potential risk of accidents for pedestrians, especially at night.
According to the reporter's records on the morning of October 18, on many streets in Vinh City (old), there are still electric poles leaning after storm No. 10, causing the telecommunication cables connected on the poles to fall onto the road. In the photo: People use ladders to support electric poles with many cables on Tue Tinh Street. Photo: QASimilarly, at Kim Dong Street, telecommunication cables are tangled and unsightly on the poles. Photo: QAOn Nguyen Duy Trinh Street, cables hang down close to the road surface, posing a potential danger to road users. Photo: QAOn Le Hong Phong Street, the cables were not neatly collected after the storm, causing a loss of urban beauty. Mr. Nguyen Van Tinh, a resident living on this street, worried: "It's dark, many black cables, if you're not careful, it's easy to get tangled in them, there have been cases of people falling because the cables fell across the road." Photo: QAFor heavy-duty, tall trucks, getting entangled in cables on the roads is very likely to happen, possibly pulling down electric poles or breaking cables. Photo: QAAt the intersection of Tue Tinh and Nguyen Sy Sach streets, the cables were lying on the road after the storm and have not been collected yet. According to research, telecommunication cables are managed by many different units and network operators. Many cable lines have no clear owner, and when an incident occurs, it takes a long time to determine responsibility for handling it. Photo: QAOn Le Loi Street, the cable is only about half a meter from the sidewalk, blocking people's walkways. Photo: QAOn some routes, due to concerns about accidents, people have tied bags on the cable sections that have fallen down, attracting the attention of passersby to avoid entering. Photo: QADangerous hanging cables at Nguyen Sy Sach Street intersection with Le Nin Avenue. Photo: QAAccording to urban infrastructure experts, to completely resolve the problem of sagging cables, there needs to be a unified management mechanism. All cable routes must be reviewed and their owners must be clearly listed. Abandoned cables must be resolutely dismantled to avoid the existence of dangerous “ghost cables”. In addition, localities need to speed up the progress of undergrounding telecommunications infrastructure in inner-city areas. Photo: QAMany cable sections were thrown away on the sidewalk of Nguyen Sy Sach Street and were not thoroughly collected. Photo: QAOn Nguyen Viet Xuan Street, people used bamboo poles to prop up cables that had been broken after the storm, helping traffic flow. However, this was only a temporary solution. Photo: QAIt is known that, immediately after the storm, network operators mobilized forces to fix, reconnect transmission lines, bundle and recover broken and sagging cables. However, with the above situation, units need to increase human resources to handle the situation thoroughly as soon as possible, to avoid unfortunate incidents. Photo: QA
