Jakarta (ANTARA) - A chaotic mess of utility cables hanging low over\nroads is causing growing anxiety among residents on Jalan Peta Barat and\nJalan Peta Selatan in Kalideres, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
A local resident named Adit (33) said that almost every day, large\ntrucks get caught on the dangling cables in the area. He added that he\nand other residents often have to take the initiative to move cables\nthat have snapped after being snagged by trucks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen a cable breaks, we take the initiative to move it aside\nimmediately before there is a victim,\u201d Adit told reporters on\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
During the interview on Tuesday afternoon, a large truck passed by\nand snagged an overhead cable. Adit immediately ran and cleared the\nbroken cable that had been caught by the truck. \u201cLuckily, it didn\u2019t hit\nany other passing motorists,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Adit revealed that the tangled, broken cables frequently cause\ncasualties. He admitted to once preparing medical supplies such as\nantiseptic and plasters to anticipate helping victims who get caught in\nthe cables.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to carry Betadine and plasters to help people who fell. There\nwas once a young couple who fell, and I took them aside and treated\nthem,\u201d he said. \u201cThe cable breaks when hit by a truck, then it hangs\ndown, gets caught on a passing motorbike, and the rider falls. If only\nthey could be tidied up so it looks neat and doesn\u2019t disturb anyone. We\noften help people here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Titi (44), a stall owner whose building is used as a point to tie up\nbroken overhead cables, expressed similar concerns. \u201cThere have been\ncases of people falling, yes. But they were just ordinary falls, not too\ndangerous,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Titi admitted she does not dare to fix the cables herself for fear of\nelectrocution. However, she hopes the government can be fair in\naddressing the overhead cable problem. She stressed that the clean-up\nmust be comprehensive, not just at certain points. \u201cIf possible, they\nshould be tidied up properly, not carelessly. This mess has been here\nfor a long time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Observations at the location showed that many overhead cables in the\narea, particularly on Jalan Peta Selatan and Jalan Peta Barat, remain in\na chaotic state. Meanwhile, cables in the nearby Citra Garden housing\ncomplex appeared to have been neatly organised.<\/p>\n
The issue of tangled cables has recently drawn significant public\nattention. This follows the case of a student from SMAN 6 Jakarta,\nidentified by the initials NAEP (16), who died after falling from a\nmotorbike that got caught on a cable and was then run over by a bus in\nSouth Jakarta. Previously, a dangling cable in the Taman Sari area of\nWest Jakarta went viral after it snagged a bus.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tangled-cables-in-kalideres-west-jakarta-increasingly-worry-residents-1782212184", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }