Environmental Relief Due to Covid-19 Situation

Abstract:
In the year 2019 a novel contagious disease, COVID-19 was identified. Due to its infectious nature, this disease in no
time became a global Pandemic, hence, imposition of curfew/lockdown was the only feasible solution to break the
chain of transmission and stop the spread of COVID-19. The imposition of lockdown negatively impacted the economic
and social front, but it resulted in the slowdown of the anthropogenic activities, which offered some extra space for
the restoration of the environment. As human emptied the streets, nature took the control, resulting in cleaner air and
water, less noise pollution and relief for the wildlife. Human activities had been impacting the environment and
degrading its quality. The economic, commercial and industrial activities were causing the pollution of air, water and
soil, generation of plastic waste, threats to wildlife, etc. The anthropogenic activities were prominently responsible for
disturbing the various environmental parameters but, the lockdown brought succour to this problem. This study focuses
on the environmental relief observed after COVID-19 lockdown and how the environmental quality of India improved
post-pandemic.