Effect of COVID-19: An environmental point-of-view

Global spread of COVID-19 in a very short time has brought a remarkable drop off in maximum vehicle, industrial traffic tourism activities. Restricted anthropogenic interaction with nature and natural resources during this pandemic time has appeared as a golden opportunity for nature and environment to flourish and grow in their own way. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) developed a computer models to generate a COVID-free 2020 for comparison, scientist found that since February 2020, pandemic lockdown have reduced worldwide nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) concentrations by nearly 20%. Authentic information were gathered from extensive communication with local inhabitants and field visits, documentation reveals that forest areas of Uttarakhand Himalayan region (UHR) showing increased regeneration status for floral species and better water storage capacity of traditional water resources that is, ‘Naula’ due to less human interference in these forest patches