The dumped corpses have been found near the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar border
They washed up in the Ganges river, sparking a blame-game between the states
Officials in Bihar have said that it had counted 71 bodies washed up on the banks
Authorities placed a net in the river and increased patrols to fish out the corpses
A video has reportedly shown bodies being dumped by medical workers
Locals fear the Covid victims have not been given their sacred funeral rites
WARNING: Graphic images
The dumped corpses have been found near the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar border
They washed up in the Ganges river, sparking a blame-game between the states
Officials in Bihar have said that it had counted 71 bodies washed up on the banks
A video has reportedly shown bodies being dumped by medical workers
Locals fear the Covid victims have not been given their sacred funeral rites
WARNING: Graphic images
All night the bodies were taken out and post mortems were carried out, officials said. (File)
Patna:
As more bodies in the river surfaced on Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, corpses were seen floating under a bridge near the border between the two states in an escalating human tragedy amid Covid. Officials in Bihar said the number of corpses that had washed up on the Ganga banks at Buxar on Monday was a staggering 71 and they blame Uttar Pradesh for them.
Visuals of bodies allegedly thrown over a bridge by ambulance drivers were widely shared on social media, where posts expressed shock at the insensitivity towards Covid victims and their families.
Updated May 11, 2021 · 06:36 pm Image for representation. | Xavier Galiana/AFP
Unidentified bodies were found floating in river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district on Tuesday, a day after similar sightings in Bihar, reported NDTV. The district is only 55 km from Buxar, where bloated bodies had piled up on the banks of the river in Chausa village.
Ghazaipur District Magistrate MP Singh said that officials were at the spot where the bodies have been found and an investigation was underway, reported ANI. “We are trying to find out where they came from,” he said.
Local residents, however, have accused the administration of incompetence and complained of foul smell emanating from the decomposed bodies. “We informed the administration about the matter, but no action has been taken by them,” Akhand, a local resident, told ANI. “If the situation continues like this, there is fear of us getting infected by [the] coronavirus.”
Covid 19 coronavirus: Ambulance staff in India accused of dumping Covid dead in the Ganges
11 May, 2021 06:47 PM
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By: Joe Wallen
Ambulance staff in India have been accused of dumping the bodies of Covid-19 victims into the Ganges River, as corpses washed up on its banks for the second consecutive day.