India, Feb. 7 -- The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Friday claimed that a pit into which a motorcyclist allegedly fell, resulting in his death, was secured with green mesh and the area had been barricaded. The incident took place on Friday morning when a motorcyclist died after falling into a pit dug for construction work by the DJB in west Delhi's Janakpuri area, police said.

"In the preliminary investigation, it has been found that the road on which work was underway had been closed using barricades and green mesh, and the pit located at the accident site had also been secured with green mesh," the DJB said in its statement.

The water management agency also posted a picture and a video of the work site showing the barricaded stretch, with a...