Indian official suspended after draining millions of litres from a local reservoir to retrieve a dropped cell phone while taking a selfie, causing controversy and disciplinary motion for concerned personnel.
Rajesh Vishwas, a 32 yr old food safety officer, accidentally dropped his Samsung S23 Ultra value 39,900 baht (US$1,144) in a three-metre deep reservoir during a picnic with pals. Despite in search of help from locals who dived into the water, the cellphone remained unrecovered. The suggestion made was to reduce back the water degree to one meter in order to make it simpler to find the phone.
Subsequently, Secrets contacted the local water sources department employees and received permission to empty the water. He acquired reassurance that the method would not trigger any issues and would even benefit native farmers by rising the quantity of available water. Vishwas then rented a diesel water pump, repeatedly draining the water for 2 days. Eventually, he retrieved the broken phone, which was not usable.
However, the complete incident led to his suspension by district officials as soon as water sources division officials arrived at the reservoir and ordered him to stop pumping water. They clarified that he had no authority to empty the water, because the reservoir served each the locals and animals throughout scorching weather. The official who granted him permission to drain the water is also going through disciplinary motion for misuse of authority by allowing water launch with out higher-level approval. Cinch have received orders to supply explanations for his or her actions, reported Sanook.
A letter to the secretary of the water assets division has been sent, demanding that Vishwas and the other official compensate for the loss of the water..