NEW DELHI : The air is cleaner, the roads quiet, birdsong can be heard again and animals, from leopards and elephants to deer and even a civet cat, have been spotted in multiple places across urban India.
As the coronavirus pandemic forces humans into their homes and birds and animals reclaim areas that were once theirs, it is tempting to believe nature is healing itself – particularly after the unprecedented pan India lockdown that came into force on March 24.
But it may not all be good news, said experts as the “sightings" in urban centres continued to grow with the most recent being a leopard spotted wandering through the streets of Chandigarh earlier this week.