According to the BBC’s report, Rajesh Vishwas from the Indian state of Chhattisgarh took action to retrieve his phone that fell into the Kherkatta Dam while taking a selfie.
Vishwas, who first applied to the divers in the region to find his phone worth $ 1200, which fell into the dam, activated the diesel-fueled water pump, which he paid for, after the efforts were inconclusive.
The water pump, which was operated to save the phone, emptied 2 million liters of water from the dam in 3 days.
Vishwas, who was investigated for misconduct after the incident, claimed that he had secret government documents on his phone.
Vishwas said he had “verbal permission” from a dam official to drain the water; He claimed that the official said that the pumped water would be diverted to a nearby irrigation channel and made available to the farmers.
It was stated that the discharged water was sufficient for 600 hectares of agricultural land.