41 years of dedicated service: Forest staff felicitates watcher of Badami nursery - video melts hearts

In a heartfelt farewell ceremony, the staff of Karnataka's Badami forest range came together to honour Parasappa Choudaker, who retired after 41 years of service.

In a video, which is going viral, the staff members of the Badami forest range gave a flower shower to Choudaker. celebrating his retirement.

Sharing the video on X, an IFS officer Dipika Bajpai said, "Beautiful and heartwarming gesture by the Badami forest range staff, felicitating and thanking the watcher of Badami nursery, Shri Parasappa Choudaker, on his retirement, who served in the nursery for 41 years. Some people leave an indelible mark because of their dedication and commitment."


This video garnered over 19k views, with 1.3k people liking the video. One of the users commented, "A substantial gratuity + pension + retmt bonus package would have been better, methinks."

Another person commented, "Very thoughtful gesture�� & one that Shri Choudaker is bound to remember all his retired life"