Glenwood resident furious after dog is electrocuted by live wire
A local dog owner says she is fed up and furious about the damaged and live wires in the Glenwood area after her dog was electrocuted while out on a walk with her owner.
A GLENWOOD dog owner is making an appeal to the eThekwini Municipality to repair the damaged and live wires in the area after her dog was electrocuted while out on a walk with her owner. An anonymous Glenwood resident says that she was walking her dog along Lena Arhens Road on the morning of July 28, when the incident occurred.
“We are all well aware that dogs love sniffing street light poles when walking along the pavement. I was walking my dog along Lena Arhens Road, going towards Durban Girls’ High School when she stopped and sniffed a cement light pole that had had its cable stolen. The cables were sticking out quite a bit and although the ends were taped up with electrical tape, my dog happened to sniff too close to the wires and got an electrical shock that left her squealing in pain. It also left black marks on her fur where she had been in contact with the wire.”
The resident said her dog was not badly injured and is physically fine but was shaken up by the ordeal.
The Glenwood resident is appealing to the municipality: “Now, my question is, what is the electricity department going to do about all these street light poles that have cables out and are left live?”
She says she fears for the safety of other community members and their pets and hopes that something will be done soon.
City responds to damaged street lights
The spokesperson for the eThekwini Municipality Lindiwe Khuzwayo responded to residents’ concerns over broken street lights. Last week, Berea Mail reported that a number of street lights in the Musgrave area were ineffective, raising concern among local residents. Khuzwayo says that the issue is caused by cable theft and vandalism. “Cable theft and vandalism to infrastructure are currently at the heart of eThekwini Electricity’s defective street lights. Despite such challenges, municipal employees continue to go the extra mile daily to reach areas in desperate need of repairs and replacement of street-lighting infrastructure,” said Khuzwayo.
The municipality spokesperson says that the municipality’s street-lighting division has incorporated joint operations from all its regions to tackle repairs as the city is inundated with damaged street lights.
“Residents are encouraged to report faulty street lights or any suspicious activity around municipal infrastructure through our contact centre and other available electronic channels,” concluded Khuzwayo.
