Indian Official Suspended for Draining Reservoir to Retrieve Lost Phone
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A government official in India has been suspended after he ordered the Kherkatta reservoir in Chhattisgarh to be drained so he could retrieve his phone that he had dropped in the water while taking a selfie. The pumps ran for three days and emptied 440,000 gallons of water, which is reportedly enough to irrigate nearly 1500 acres of farmland. The phone was eventually found but was not even working. The official claimed he had verbal permission to drain "some water into a nearby canal" and denied misusing his position.
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