"This Is Called Pure Joy": Forest Officer Dances As Similipal Forest Finally Gets Rain
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.
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.
Watch the clip here:
The real empowered Nature Lover Forester Mrs. Sneha Dhal who has been involved in dousing the fire in Similipal 24¡Á7 and finally happy with grace of God " The Rain"@PMOIndia @CMO_Odisha @TheGreatAshB @dpradhanbjp @DM_Mayurbhanj @BasudevNews pic.twitter.com/s4WCO62XgW
¡ª Dr. Yugal Kishore Mohanta (@ykmohanta) March 10, 2021
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.
You are a hero, forester Mrs. Sneha Dhal. Thank you for working relentlessly to contain the monstrous blazes that have engulfed Similipal. We are all very grateful for what you are doing! ? https://t.co/hg6sFeXUxn
¡ª Niranjan Patnaik (@NPatnaikOdisha) March 11, 2021
Sheer joy of commitment to work..? https://t.co/Ai0fi0m0W5
¡ª Rajeev Krishna IPS, ADG (@Rajeevkrishna69) March 11, 2021
This is called pure joy...???
¡ª Deepak D Moharana (@1deepak1234) March 11, 2021
Spontaneous natural expression, seeing her makes those watching happy, ??
¡ª YesKay (@YesKay19518044) March 10, 2021
I feel like jumping with her. Haha
¡ª Jyoti Mishra (@lightmonstruo) March 10, 2021
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.