Telecommunications and utility providers in Guyana are expected to receive six weeks to remove hanging cables and disorganised wire bundles from poles across the country.
The Ministry of Public Utilities and Aviation said it would issue a public notice directing service providers to complete the clean-up.
The proposed action follows complaints about leaning poles, abandoned cables and clusters of wires that create safety risks and undermine efforts to improve communities.
President Dr. Irfaan Ali raised the issue during a consultation Saturday at Rose Hall in East Berbice-Corentyne.
Officials also criticised the practice of placing new poles alongside deteriorated ones without removing or properly replacing the older structures. Utility crews were accused of leaving some areas unfinished after excavation and pipeline work.
Pole replacement, repositioning and realignment are expected to form part of infrastructure improvements planned for 23 communities under the Model Village Initiative.
The six-week compliance period should not be treated as having formally begun until the promised public notice is issued. The government also has not disclosed what penalties companies could face for failing to comply or how inactive cables will be distinguished from lines still carrying services.
