A Chhattisgarh meals inspector, who was suspended for having round 41 lakh litres of water drained from a reservoir in Kanker district to get better his cellphone that had fallen in it, has been instructed by the federal government to pay a complete of Rs 53,092 in reference to the incident.
A present trigger discover has additionally been issued to a senior Water Sources Division official who gave “oral permission” for the draining of the reservoir. Within the discover, the official was requested why the price of the water that was drained shouldn’t be recovered from his wage.
On Could 21, the meals inspector, 32-year-old Rajesh Vishwas, had gone for a picnic together with his mates to Paralkot reservoir, subsequent to Paralkot dam, at Pakhanjur city in Kanker district. Whereas clicking a selfie, he unintentionally dropped his cellphone within the reservoir. To get it again, he rented two diesel pumps at a value of Rs 7,500 and drained the water from the waterbody. The draining course of began final Tuesday, and the matter got here to gentle on Thursday. On Friday he was suspended by district collector Priyanka Shukla.
On the time, the district administration estimated that round 21 lakh litres of water was drained, however the Water Useful resource Division, which carried out an in depth analysis, pegged the determine at 41 lakh litres in its Could 26 discover to Vishwas.
Taking an estimate of Rs 10.50 per cubic water drained, the discover requested Vishwas to pay Rs 43,092 for the water, plus a high quality of Rs 10,000, including as much as a complete quantity of Rs 53,092. He has been requested to pay the quantity inside 10 days.
The present trigger discover to the senior Water Sources Division official, R L Dhivar, requested why he didn’t search the recommendation from his senior officers earlier than giving permission for the draining of the reservoir. He has been requested to file a reply inside three days on why the cash for the drained water shouldn’t be recovered from his wage.