Digboi, May 27 -- Sensations and fear grip the pedestrians, including the school students at Jasoda area in Digboi of Assam, caused by exposed reinforcement bars protruding out of a half-constructed drain along the busy road.

A local contractor, under the supervision of a PWD engineer, has been constructing a 150-meter-long drain along a busy road near a shopping mall and Balika Vidya Mandir, but they have left the work incomplete for several months.

Leaving half-constructed drains with exposed (naked) rods poses several hazardous risks, including physical Injury or impalement, especially to school-going children or pedestrians. Workers or passersby may trip and fall, leading to serious injuries.

"One of the children had a narrow escap...