KOTA KINABALU: town Hall has asked Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) and also the police to help them to place a stop to the rampant theft of streetlight management panels and electricity cables in SESB sub-stations within the town.

The call was created following the invention of vandalism and thefts at 5 locations in barely 2 weeks.

The missing cables from the sub-station and street light-weight management panels haven't solely caused blackouts on protocol roads, ranging from Jalan Tun Fuad Stephen, Tanjung Lipat to Jalan UMS and Jalan Sepanggar however additionally money losses to the town Hall and SESB.

Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir said the 3 streetlight management panels at Jalan UMS, together with along the protocol road from Innoprise to UMS junction, were vandalized over the past 2 weeks, inflicting streetlight disruption.

The other 2 cases were reported at Jalan Tun Fuad Stephen and Jalan Sepanggar inflicting blackouts over the weekends.

According to him, the modus operandi of the thieves is 1st to chop the incoming cables supplying the ability to the SESB sub-stations before removing the cables and every one its parts within the streetlight panels nearby.

The mayor, when chairing a gathering with the police, SESB and its contractor to handle the matter on Tuesday, ordered all missing cables belonging to the town Hall and SESB to get replaced immediately and restore the CCTV Power Supplies on the affected roads.

He additionally drawn up cooperation from SESB and their quick action whenever a grievance is channeled to them by town Hall concerning blackouts.

As a short-term live, he said {the town|the town|town} Hall along side the police and SESB would be conducting joint patrol within the city to discourage the stealing of cables belonging to the town Hall and SESB.

Abidin additionally said that checks would even be applied by town Hall and also the police on all the scrap metal operators within the town.

For the long-term live, it had been advised that each one copper cables are to get replaced with aluminum ones, because it has no demand within the recycle market.

It was additionally advised that the planning of SESB sub-stations ought to embody a lot of security measures like CCTV, higher fencing and lights in the dead of night to discourage theft.