“Chhattisgarh: After a food inspector drained water to find his phone, a police man used water for private fish farming”, Organiser, June 15, 2023:

“Weeks after a food inspector had been booked for illegally draining around 21 lakh litres of water from a reservoir to recover his cell phone that he accidentally dropped into the water, another shocking incident of misusing stored water from a reservoir in Chhattisgarh has come to the fore.

In the latest incident, a police official from the Balod district of Chhattisgarh has been accused of stealing water from a reservoir for his private fishery. As per the reports, an official of the Balod police had allegedly used Darritola dam water for fish farming for a year.

The incident came to light after a few villagers and officials from the Water Resources Department came to know about this, following which the concerned official of the Water Resources Department has assured to get the motor removed and conduct a probe into the matter. As per a report of Lallantop, the SDOP accused of stealing water from the dam has been identified as Mayank Ran Singh….”

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