While trying to take a selfie at a reservoir, a food inspector in India dropped his cell phone. Rather than reconcile with the fact that his phone is irretrievably lost, he had the water pumped out. This has serious consequences.
Because his device was said to contain sensitive administrative data, Officer Rajesh Vishwas didn’t give up when divers couldn’t find his phone. He ordered two diesel pumps to drain the Kherkatta reservoir in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the Indian newspaper The National reports.
Four million liters pumped out
For example, more than four million liters of water were pumped from the reservoir for almost four days. Speaking to local media, Vishwas said he got permission from an official to divert some water to a nearby canal because it would “benefit the farmers, who would then have more water”.
The competent authority thought otherwise: an official from the Department of Irrigation and Water Resources rushed to the water reservoir in central India in response to a complaint and stopped the insane operation.
The food inspector was suspended for misusing his position and failing to obtain official approval from the relevant officials. The district chief announced an investigation. “Water is a valuable resource and cannot be wasted,” she told The National.
Criticism also came from above: “While people rely on tankers for water supply in scorching summers, the official dumped hundreds of thousands of liters that could have been used for irrigation,” the vice president of India’s governing party BJP (see above) tweeted. ).
A mobile phone has been found
And the mobile phone? It was actually fished out of the four meter deep reservoir – but it was broken due to the water damage.
Source: Krone
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