'This is heartening': Forest officer enjoys herself dancing in the rain in Odisha, video makes internet smile

Enough Bollywood movies have shown us the amount of joy dancing in heavy rains brings us. Now, a video is doing the rounds that are making netizens wish that it rained just about now so that they could enjoy themselves in it.

On Twitter, a user named Dr. Yugal Kishore Mohanta posted a video of a forest officer named Sneha Dhal who is seen giddy with happiness as she is taking in the heavy downpour with open arms in a forest situated in Odisha's Similipal.

Recently, a forest fire had taken place, and Mrs. Dhal was one of the people who helped in dousing it. When it rained, it was the relief that showed on her face as well as palpable joy when the rain hit her face and she was just dancing in it.

"The Real Empowered Nature Lover Forester Mrs. Sneha Dhal who has been involved in dousing the fire in Similipal 24 x 7 and finally with the grace of God 'The Rain'," the caption said.

Posted on March 10, the video is winning hearts not just on the microblogging site, but on other social media platforms as well. It garnered 1,67,700 views on Twitter with 1439 retweets and 6415 likes.

The elation was absolutely evident in the clip that it made netizens ecstatic watching it. They took to the comments section to express it. "The joy on her face is palpable. We need such officials in the Forest Department- who love their job and don’t see it as just one more avenue of employment. God may be kind this time. But, we need more Snehas to combat man-induced destruction of forest and wild life," one comment said.

Another user said, "This is heartening." Many others thanked her and other forest officials who helped in making sure the forest fire was extinguished.