In videos that went viral on social media, the official is seen sitting under a red umbrella as diesel pumps run to drain water from the reservoir.
A man crosses the dry and cracked bed of a dam in India on May 26, 2023. India is facing a severe drought and water crisis.
A government official in India has been suspended from his job after he ordered a water reservoir to be drained so he could retrieve his smartphone, which he had dropped while taking a selfie.central Indian state of ChhattisgarhVishwas first asked local divers to jump into the reservoir to find the device, claiming it contained sensitive government data. But after the initial efforts to retrieve his smartphone failed, he asked for the reservoir to be emptied using diesel pumps.
In videos that went viral on social media, Vishwas is seen sitting under a red umbrella as diesel pumps run to drain water from the reservoir. 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 even start because it was waterlogged.India is one of the most water-stressed countries andAll the news you need to know, every day
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