India, March 7 -- An 8-foot-deep pit dug by the Greater Noida authority near a private school in Greater Noida's Sector Beta-1 about a month ago has raised safety concerns among local residents, who alleged the pit lacks fencing and poses risks to pedestrians and schoolchildren.

Authority officials, however, said the water-filled pit near the Vishwa Bharati Public School was dug to repair an underground pipeline and would be filled by the end of March 6.

In a video circulating on social media and shared with HT, Harendra Bhati, general secretary of the Beta-1 Resident Welfare Association (RWA), demonstrates the pit's depth using a stick that completely submerges into the pit.

"Because it is filled with water, you cannot tell its depth....