Beagle Watch keeps its word
FAIRLAND – Beagle Watch’s Environmental Team, together with a construction team, moved on-site on October 26 and construction work was expected to be completed by October 28.
Security company resolves damages to road and drain infrastructure.
Beagle Watch Armed Response has once again shown their commitment to helping out wherever they can, following repairs. They recently stepped in to repair the manhole that was damaged in July when a 14-year-old Labrador named Sushi fell down and was stuck in storm water drains along Kessel Road.
It took the community and several rescue organisations several hours to rescue the senior dog but the damage caused by the operation remained for months until now.
Beagle Watch’s managing director André Aiton said, “We are concerned about the safety of residents and animals, and are therefore repairing the manhole at our cost. The City of Joburg has not been forthcoming with repairs, and something needed to be done to ensure the safety of residents and their pets.”
Prior to his rescue of the dog, officers from the police’s search and rescue K9 Unit, ER24, Johannesburg Road Agency, Fire Ops SA and local security companies were on standby to help in whichever way they could. The teams were divided across the two storm water drains that could be accessed to retrieve the elderly dog.
While one team tried to have one of the officers enter the drain, a range of construction equipment such as backhoe loader, heavy duty chisels, drills and saws where used to widen the storm water drain. At one point a decision was taken to remove a section of the road’s tar to have better access to the drain but fortunately, this was never completed as the dog was rescued.
The area was sorted out after the rescue mission but the storm water drain remained exposed after all the damage done. The responsibility to fix the infrastructure would’ve been with the Johannesburg Roads Agency.
According to Aiton, Beagle Watch’s Environmental Team, together with a construction team, moved on-site on October 26 and construction work was expected to be completed by October 28.
“At Beagle Watch, we believe strongly in being the change we want to see in our communities and this is another tangible example of this.”
