Senior Indian official drained two million litres of water from reservoir in a bid to retrieve mobile phone dropped while taking a selfie
RK Dhivar, a sub divisional officer, was handed the 53,000 rupee fine after allegedly giving food inspector Rajesh Vishwas "oral permission" to drain the Kherkatta dam.
Mr Vishwas had dropped the Samsung device while on holiday near the Kherkatta dam in India's central state of Chhattisgarh on May 21, according to The Indian Express newspaper. The body of water, which contained around 2 million litres of water, is used to generate electricity as well as irrigate around 1,500 acres of land during the Indian summer.Picture: LBC / AlamyIt's claimed Mr Vishwas needed his phone back because it contained official departmental data, Indian television network NDTV added.
The incident came to light when the lead engineer on the Indravati irrigation project reportedly wrote to Mr Dhivar on May 26 and suggested the cost of the drained water should be recouped from his salary. Mr Vishwas says he called Mr Dhivar after losing the device and "requested him to allow me to drain some water into the nearby canal if there was no problem in doing so", according to NDTV.
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