View of Harishchandra Ghat in Varanasi on Tuesday evening
VARANASI: The rush of bodies at the Manikarnika and Harischandra ghats in Varanasi has eased as Covid cases and casualties have come down, but a sudden increase in sighting of bodies in the Ganga in downstream district Ghazipur on the interstate border near Buxar district of Bihar has sparked panic among locals.
Ghazipur officials swung into action after bodies were found near Chausaghat, Buxar following which officials of Bihar claimed the corpses had flowed down from UP.
As villagers panicked suspecting threat of outbreak of epidemic due to rotting bodies and sounded alarm, the district magistrates of Ghazipur and Buxar rushed SDMs, Ramesh Maurya of Sevarai and K K Pathak of Buxar for fact finding.
UP: Cremation grounds expand as Covid deaths mount
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4 UP private hospitals served notices after 48 Covid deaths. Image Source: IANS News
Lucknow/Varanasi, April 23 : Over the years, these cities have swelled in size but their cremation grounds have not - not till the second wave of pandemic arrived a few weeks ago.
The cremation grounds in Lucknow, Varanasi and Prayagraj are now unable to cope with the rush of bodies for cremation and pyres are now being lit on any open ground available nearby.
In Lucknow, the cremation grounds in Bhainsakund-renamed Baikunth Dham- and Gulala Ghat can no longer bear the burden of bodies that are coming in at an alarming frequency.