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(Independent Newspaper (England), 30 May 2023)
Local irrigation becomes "selfie" collateral damage.
A government official in India has been suspended from his job after he
ordered a water reservoir to be drained so could retrieve his smartphone,
which he had dropped while taking a selfie. (!)
Food inspector Rajesh Vishwas dropped his phone into Kherkatta dam
in the state of Chhattisharh last week, The Times of India newspaper
reported. Vishwas first asked local divers to jump into the reservoir
to find the device, claiming that it contained sensitive government data.
He then asked for the reservoir to be emptied using diesel pumps.
Over the next three days, more than 2 million liters of water (!) were
pumped out from the reservoir, which is enough to irrigate at least
1,500 acres of land during India's scorching summer. Vishwas told
local media the water in the reservoir was unusable for irrigation and
that he had received permission from a senior official to drain it.
The smartphone was eventually retrieved but wouldn't operate. Vishwas
was suspended from his job.
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