Yuva Patrkaar, New Delhi : Kanker. 'Water has no value.' Yes, it has been proved. Officials of the Water Resources Department. The government has suspended the officer who drained lakhs of liters of water from the dam. But the Water Resources Department has imposed a fine of only Rs 53,000 on this officer. While it was expected that the way lakhs of liters of water saved for the farmers' agriculture was wasted, fine of lakhs of rupees would be recovered from both the officials responsible for this loss.

The department had given notice and asked for the answer

Days after Rajesh Biswas, a food inspector of Koilibeda block in Kanker district, was suspended for wasting 21 lakh liters of Paralkot dam water in search of an expensive phone, the water resources department has now cornered the food inspector. A fine of Rs 53 thousand has been imposed on this officer. Earlier, on May 26, a letter was written to RK Dhivar, engineer of the Indravati project, asking why the cost of wasted water should not be recovered from his salary. It was written in the notice that how much water is required in all the reservoirs for irrigation and other purposes during summer. Everyone knows this.

Water was useless: Food Inspector

Explain that the food inspector made two big 30 HP diesel pumps run continuously for three days and emptied 21 lakh liters of water, which was enough to irrigate 1,500 acres of farmland. Rajesh Vishwas had claimed that the phone contained important data related to the department and the water was "unusable". I went to the dam on Sunday with some of my friends to take a bath on a holiday. My phone fell there. It was 10 feet deep. The local people tried to find it, but failed. They told me that if the water is two-three feet less, they can surely find it. I called the SDO and requested him if there is no problem in doing so. So allow me to get the waters out of this. After permission, I took out three feet of water with the help of the local people and got my phone back.

The Water Resources Department official had said in his clarification that he had given permission to draw water up to five feet, but too much water has been drawn.

fine notice to food inspector

In this case, the department has issued a notice to Food Inspector Rajesh Vishwas asking him to deposit Rs 53,000. The department has told 4104 cubic meters of water has been wasted through the belief that. Showing the price per cubic meter, the department has asked to deposit a fine of Rs 53 thousand within 10 days.