931 Bodies buried in the sand on the banks of Ganga river, as coronavirus cases surge in Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh on May 13, 2021. PTI photo
Mukesh Ranjan
New Delhi, May 14
Taking note of the dead bodies being washed up along the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar, the West Bengal government has asked officials in the Malda district, where the river enters the state, to keep a strict vigil at the river’s entry point.
In the meantime, district authorities in UP and Bihar too have been put on high alert to prevent a repeat of such incidents after a nudging by the National Mission for Clean Ganga and a notice issued by National Human Rights Commission to the two states after dead bodies were found floating in the Ganges.