A lion was spotted at a school premises in Gir Somnath while a Nilgai was witnessed in empty, closed market area in Ahmedabad during lockdown situation across the state. Lockdown may have pushed people inside their homes which is important since the nation has to control the spread of coronavirus but since roads are empty with no traffic, people at all, wild animals from nearby forest areas are showing up at in civilian areas.
This is also posing a danger to people in residential areas as wild animals who are taking a trip to populated regions are in search for food and can attack civilians at random, one of the negative impacts due to the lockdown. However, this has not been the first incident when animals have been witnessed in residential areas.
During the early days of lockdown, a nilgai was spotted near Mall of India in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The place is generally hundreds of cars during normal days but the area has now turned deserted amid the lockdown.
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