"This Is Called Pure Joy": Forest Officer Dances As Similipal Forest Finally Gets Rain

Asia's second-largest biosphere Similipal National Park has been in the news for a while after wildfires raged in the area for the last two weeks. However, thanks to rainfall and hailstorm at the Pithabata range in Odisha, the fire has been contained fully, the state government said.

Video went viral

Amid this, a video of a forest officer dancing as it rains is going viral for all the right reasons.The video, which was originally shared by Dr Yugal Kishore Mohanta on Twitter, identified the officer as Sneha Dhal, a nature lover who actively participated in fighting the forest fire in Similipal. “Bahut jyada barsha de” (Give us more rain),” Dhal can be heard saying in the clip.

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He posted the clip with the caption, "Such rains are like helping hands of God. One can see the happiness of lady forester involved in firefighting in Similipal, Odisha. Good news is that fire is under control as per the current MODIS satellite data (sic)."

After the video was shared on Twitter, it immediately went viral. It managed to garner more than 128.2k views and 5,000 likes. Twitterati also commented on the post.??

The office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) said, "The timely actions taken through different agencies by the State Government have resulted in the containment of the ongoing forest fire in the State to a great extent and the situation is well under control."

Reportedly, the wildfire has caused wide-scale damage, killing wild animals, and a lot of trees with medicinal values were reduced to ashes. It was only after Akshita M Bhanjdeo, a member of the royal family of Mayurbhanj, tweeted about the Simlipal fire that the Odisha Administration took stock of the situation. The Similipal National Park spreads out over 2,750 sq km.