On Engineer's Day, Bureaucrat's Tweet Calling Elephants "Ancient India's Temple Builders" Goes Viral
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Elephants were also used in ancient temple construction to transport large stones and other construction supplies.
Every year on September 15, India observes Engineer's Day to honour Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Vishveshwaraya's accomplishments and to honour the nation's engineers. The day is commemorated to honour the outstanding work done by engineers and to motivate them to improve and innovate. Do you know #elephants are civil engineers of #forests, they build roads with their footsteps. They built rivers while walking in them. They are #farmers who help in regeneration and help in checking soil erosion.In ancient India they were temple builders. #EngineersDaypic.twitter.com/FPep5dvBhf
In the present day scenario, when social media users don't miss the chance to make any event a meme fest, with hilarious jokes and memes, an interesting tweet by a bureaucrat is going viral.
On Engineer's Day, Parveen Kaswan, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, referred to elephants as the civil engineers of the forests by noting that their footfalls create roadways in the bush.
"Do you know #elephants are civil engineers of #forests, they build roads with their footsteps. They built rivers while walking in them. They are #farmers who help in regeneration and help in checking soil erosion," he tweeted.
