India COVID Horror: Over 500 Bodies Found Buried On Banks Of River Ganga
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Predatory birds and dogs gather and consume the remains, residents say
Activists say poor people are disposing bodies as they can t afford last rites
As a deadly surge of COVID-19 tests the capacity of crematoriums in India, hundreds of decomposed bodies have been found buried on the banks of the River Ganga. It was not immediately clear if those bodies were of infected patients, but local residents said people have been abandoning their dead by the holy river ever since higher demand for funeral services pushed up charges.