Guwahati, Sept. 4 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Thursday, directed the state's chief secretary to use satellite imagery to locate open drains across urban areas, especially at under-construction sites.

His directive follows growing public concern over safety risks, worsened by reports of manhole cover thefts during the night.

A tragic incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Kalapahar, where a three-year-old boy fell into an exposed drain near Vivekananda School.

The boy had been playing near the under-construction site around 3 pm. Local police found him three hours later, but despite efforts to revive him, doctors at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) declared him dead.

This heartbreaking event has expo...