Construction-linked activity for the 1,600-megawatt power plant has steadily advanced including temporary staff quarters which are already coming up behind the boundary walls of the thermal power plant. Sloth bears have historically inhabited the dry forests and hill systems of Mirzapur, surviving in conditions where few large mammals can. In 2019, a camera trap survey not only recorded sloth bears but also documented the Asiatic wild cat for the first time in Uttar Pradesh. In the popular imagination, Jambavan fought alongside the gods in Ramayan(wikipedia)“People here are not hostile to sloth bears,” Sinha said. A young sloth bear cub on mother at Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary, Bellary, Karnataka (Wikipedia/L.

Source: The Telegraph December 22, 2025 11:18 UTC