u/Glittering-Peach-311

Image 1 — Random wires attached to my rooftop without permission. Can I remove them?
Image 2 — Random wires attached to my rooftop without permission. Can I remove them?
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Random wires attached to my rooftop without permission. Can I remove them?

I live in Bangalore, and over the years several wires have been attached across my rooftop without anyone ever asking for permission. None of them belong to us, and we have no idea which company or person installed them. They seem to have been added one after another by different people.
They're an eyesore, make maintenance difficult, and I'm also concerned about safety. Since it's our property, I'd like to remove all of these wires, but I don't want to accidentally cut something important or get into legal trouble.
Has anyone dealt with this before?
How do I find out who these wires belong to?
Is there a government department or service provider I should contact?
If nobody claims them, am I legally allowed to remove them from my rooftop?
What's the best way to get this resolved?
Any advice would be appreciated.

Edit: Yes, this is our own house. A lot of people asked how these wires ended up here—we honestly have no idea. We live on the first floor and have tenants, so if someone comes through the gate, we usually assume they are the tenants. We also don't go up to the rooftop very often. But today when I went up, I was shocked to see so many wires hanging across it.

Update: Thanks for the overwhelming response and all the advice! Sorry I couldn't reply to every comment, but I did read them all. We contacted the service provider, and they've said they'll come within the next 24 hours to remove the wires from our property. Hopefully they follow through. If they don't show up in a day or two... well, it might be time for snip snip. 😅

u/Glittering-Peach-311 — 1 month ago

How to deal with Noisy Neighbours

Need advice regarding a serious neighbourhood issue in Malleshpalaya, Bangalore.
I live on a street where there's a middle school directly opposite my house, another school (Chaitanya Techno School) behind us, and a dry fruit/snacks factory next door that manufactures chikki, burfi, etc.
During the day, the schools create constant traffic congestion, honking, and noise from students and transport vehicles. While that's frustrating, the bigger issue starts at night.
The factory houses around 30 male workers on the premises. Every night, they gather outside, shout, laugh loudly, play music, and create disturbances that often continue until 1–2 AM. We have politely asked them multiple times to keep the noise down, but nothing has changed. On one occasion, when we approached the factory owner, he shouted back at us instead of addressing the issue.
Many residents on our street are disturbed by this, but nobody wants to take action because the landlord who owns much of the area is known locally as an influential "gunda" type figure. When concerns were raised with him, he basically said he couldn't help if residents had noise-related problems.
Has anyone in Bangalore dealt with a similar situation? What are the practical options here? Can complaints be made anonymously to the police, BBMP, or any other authority? We're not looking to create trouble for anyone—we just want some peace at night and don't know how to proceed when people are afraid of retaliation.

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u/Glittering-Peach-311 — 2 months ago