Amid the Covid situation in the country, illegal deforestation did not stop. India has lost nearly 38.5 thousand hectares of tropical rainforest between 2019 and 2020, which was 14% of India’s tree cover.

Internet connection in Purulia has been poor and that has gone worse after the cyclone Amphan. This has been hampering online classes of the Sidho-Kanho-Birsa University of Purulia, which they have been conducting due to nationwide lockdown.