Seven more bodies seen floating in Ganga in Uttar Pradesh s Ballia; total count 52
According to Ballia residents, at least 45 bodies were seen floating near the Ujiyar, Kulhadia and Bharauli ghats in the Narahi area on Tuesday evening.
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bALLIA: With seven more bodies seen floating in the Ganga, the count of bodies found in this Uttar Pradesh district has reached 52, an official said on Wednesday.
The district administration is immediately performing the last rites of the deceased as there is a possibility that they had contracted COVID-19.
According to Ballia residents, at least 45 bodies were seen floating near the Ujiyar, Kulhadia and Bharauli ghats in the Narahi area on Tuesday evening.
With seven more bodies seen floating in the Ganga, the count of bodies found in this Uttar Pradesh district has reached 52, an official said on Wednesday.
The district administration is immediately performing the last rites of the deceased as there is a possibility that they had contracted Covid-19.
According to Ballia residents, at least 45 bodies were seen floating near the Ujiyar, Kulhadia and Bharauli ghats in the Narahi area on Tuesday evening.
Late on Tuesday night, seven more bodies were found, taking the total count of bodies to 52, an official said.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, District Magistrate Aditi Singh had said some bodies in a decomposed condition were seen floating under the Ballia-Buxar bridge.
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Late on Tuesday (May 11) night, seven more bodies were found, taking the total count of bodies to 52, an official said.
The district administration is immediately performing the last rites of the deceased as there is a possibility that they had contracted COVID-19.
Ballia: With seven more bodies seen floating in the Ganga, the count of bodies found in this Uttar Pradesh district has reached 52, an official said on Wednesday (May 12).
The district administration is immediately performing the last rites of the deceased as there is a possibility that they had contracted COVID-19.
According to Ballia residents, at least 45 bodies were seen floating near the Ujiyar, Kulhadia and Bharauli ghats in the Narahi area on Tuesday (May 11) evening.
The last rites of the deceased were performed on Tuesday itself. We are trying to find out where did the bodies come from. Seeing the flow of the river, it seems that they came from Buxar and other parts of Bihar, Yadav told PTI on Wednesday.
Although Buxar is downstream to Ballia, there is a possibility that the bodies came from Buxar, he said. The distance between the Bharauli and Ujiyar ghats in the Narahi police station area of Ballia, and the ghat in Buxar is around one kilometre. The direction of wind over the river is towards Ballia, the SDM said.
1361 Police personnel look on as bodies are being buried on the banks of river Ganga in Chausa village, in Buxar. PTI
Mukesh Ranjan
New Delhi, May 12
Recovery of floating dead bodies in the Ganges continued for the third consecutive day, as after Buxar (Bihar) and Ghazipur (UP), now Ballia witnessed similar disturbing scenes with the local administration claiming to have fished out 52 corpses from the river.
In the meantime, taking a serious note of such cases, the Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) Rajiv Ranjan Mishra has written to authorities in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar asking them to take measures “immediately” to stop dumping of dead bodies in the river.