He had the dam emptied to find his phone fell into the water.

An Indian government official had the dam emptied to save his phone, which he dropped while taking a selfie.

According to the BBC report, Rajesh Vishwas from the Indian state of Chhattisgarh took steps to recover his phone which fell into the Kherkatta dam while taking a selfie. Vishwas, who first asked divers in the region to find his phone worth $1,200 that fell into the dam, activated the diesel-powered water pump, which he paid for, after efforts failed. conclusive.

The water pump, which was operated to save the phone, emptied 2 million liters of water from the dam in 3 days.

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Vishwas, who was investigated for misconduct after the incident, claimed he had secret government documents on his phone. Vishwas said he had “verbal permission” from a dam official to drain the water; He said the official said the pumped water would be diverted to a nearby irrigation canal and made available to farmers.

The discharged water was claimed to be enough for 600 hectares of agricultural land.