Police in Varanasi patrolling the Ganga.
| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
A number of bodies in semi-decomposed state were found floating in the Ganga in Ghazipur, Ballia and other districts recently.
Following Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath s instructions to prevent people from disposing of bodies into the rivers, police in several districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh have started patrolling the Ganga and villages located on it banks.
A number of bodies in semi-decomposed state were found floating in the Ganga in Ghazipur, Ballia and other districts recently, leading to suspicion that they could be of COVID-19 victims either abandoned or disposed off in the water due to financial constraints or waiting list at the cremation grounds.