Bantwal: Many valuable records in Bantwal taluk office has been damaged due to the sudden rush of water inside the record room on Wednesday.
The old taluk office had been demolished to construct Mini Vidhanasoudha, but the record room was retained as it is.
New building is being constructed side by side of the old record room. A water tank was placed on top of the under construction building for the construction purpose and water was being pumped to the tank. Due to the overflow of water huge amount of water rushed into the record room resulting in the destruction of records.
The incident came to light on Wednesday, when the office staff opened the door of record room. Soon the construction workers cleared the drainage canal and let the water to flow.