A 35-year-old man died when he fell into an under-construction drain under a flyover at Ankoli here on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Purnachandra Samantray of Tota Sahi in the Lanjipalli area here.
Samantray was returning home by his scooter at around 11 pm when he accidentally fell into the drain due to darkness. Iron rods inside the drain pierced through his body, killing him on the spot.
On Friday morning, locals spotted the body and informed his family and the local Baidyanathpur police. Police along with traffic cops reached the spot. The body was recovered after cutting of the iron rods.
Locals have expressed strong discontentment alleging callousness of the authorities concerned for not demarcating the construction site that led to the mishap.
“After completion of the flyover, construction work of the drain is underway since last couple of days. Thousands of people commute through the road daily but there is no streetlight in the area. Besides, the contractor has not built any guard wall at the construction site, for which the mishap occurred,” rued a local.
