The government has asked a food inspector to pay a fine of Rs 53,092 for allegedly drawing water from a reservoir in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district to retrieve his phone last week. , photo credit: google maps
The government has asked a food inspector to pay a fine of Rs 53,092 for allegedly drawing water from a reservoir in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district to retrieve his phone last week.
The Water Resources Department (WRD), in its notice sent to delinquent official Rajesh Vishwas, had also revised its estimate of the quantity of water lost, saying they had drawn 4,104 cubic meters (or 4.1 million litres), almost half the initial figure. is doubled. Of the 21 lakh liters made available earlier by the district administration.
Based on the presumption and the applicable rate of Rs 10.50 per cubic meter of water, Mr. Vishwas has been asked to pay Rs 43,092 and a fine of Rs 10,000. He will have to pay a fine of Rs 53,092 within 10 days of being served the notice.