To stop road cutting, Rajasthan’s Bhilwara mayor Rakesh Pathak pleads with folded hands, holds engineer’s feet

In Bhilwara, a BJP Mayor, Rakesh Pathak, resorted to pleading with a water department’s junior engineer, even holding his feet, to halt unauthorized road cutting for a pipeline project. This drastic action followed the water department’s commencement of work without the required municipal corporation permission, leading to public outcry and intervention by local officials.