New Delhi, July 11 -- An extravagant party for about two dozen people in Madhya Pradesh featured a lavish menu, including 14 kilos of dry fruits, 30 kilos of snacks and a good 9 kilos of fresh fruits.

The magnificent menu for a handful of guests, including the district collector, senior officials, panchayat representatives and some villagers, turned a simple village "choupal" into a costly affair amounting to nearly Rs.85,000.

The incident reportedly occurred in Bhadwahi village in Shahdol and came to light only after the bill, put up by the panchayat for reimbursement, went viral on social media.

The choupal was held under the Jal Ganga Samvardhan Mission, an initiative for water conservation.

According to a Times of India report, th...