Senate probe sought into 'spaghetti wires' hazards

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Senate Committee on Public Services chairperson Raffy Tulfo has filed a resolution seeking an investigation into the accidents, electrocutions, and other public safety hazards caused by the so-called spaghetti wires to the public.

Under Senate Resolution No. 776, Tulfo stressed that electrical and overhead utility lines, cables and poles along roads “create serious hazards” whenever they are left dangling, low-hanging, abandoned, tangled, exposed, improperly installed, or poorly maintained.

“Unsafe electrical and overhead utility infrastructure may expose children, pedestrians, motorists, commuters, workers, and nearby residents to electrocution, entanglement, falling poles, road crashes, severe physical injury, property damage, or worse, death,” the resolution read.

Tulfo cited several incidents and news reports where such spaghetti wires have put people at risk.

The senator said that the continued occurrence of such accidents shows the need to “identify the owners of hazardous lines, determine the respective responsibilities of utility companies and public authorities, establish clear inspection and reporting mechanisms, and ensure prompt removal, repair, relocation, or securing of unsafe facilities.”

Tulfo also underscored the need to assess the adequacy of existing laws, policies, and remedies available to victims of accidents and electrocutions caused by the unsafe electrical and overhead utility infrastructure.—Giselle Ombay/LDF, GMA News