A newly built park open to the public at Sarakhia, a nondescript village in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, has been receiving a steady flow of visitors for the past 10 days, with the 35-year-old behind it warmly appreciated for the amenity.
Sanjeev Abhilash Mishra, who has built the park on his ancestral land, is happy with the massive public response, but realising his late father’s dream has been even more fulfilling. Mr. Mishra’s father was lost to COVID-19 a year ago.
“My father was nurturing the ambition of creating a playground for children in our village. For different reasons, he could not do it while he was alive. I thought of creating a public park in my father’s memory. That’s how this public park on private land came into being,” Mr. Mishra said.
