Wet Civic Barricades Under Dawn Floodlights

Steel crowd control barriers stretch across the wet pavement of a civic plaza in Mandi Bahauddin, their surfaces slick with fresh drizzle. Heavy overcast skies loom above, diffusing the light from government building floodlights that cast a cool, metallic rim along the top edges of the metal railings. The ground remains dry in patches between puddles, reflecting the pale gray of the morning sky. Dark shadows pool beneath the barricades, while the wet asphalt glistens under the artificial illumination. The barriers stand in a continuous, unbroken line, marking a boundary in the stillness before sunrise. The cold, dry season air leaves no mist, only the sharp contrast between the bright floodlight beams and the deep shadows of the plaza.