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Dead bodies of Covid-19 floating on the bank of the Ganga river, in Buxar Monday on Monday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Days after over 100 dead bodies suspected to be Covid-19 fatalities washed up on the banks of the Ganges in UP and Bihar, the National Human Rights Commission said it has taken cognisance of the complaints received in this regard and issued notices to the chief secretaries of both states and to secretary of the Union ministry of Jal Shakti, calling for an action taken report within four weeks. Issuing the notices, the Commission observed that public authorities failed to take steps to educate masses against the immersion of half burnt or unburnt dead bodies into River Ganga. ....
We have learnt nothing from 2013 Uttarakhand disaster Nivedita Khandekar Small Large It is not for the first time that the area is witnessing such a natural disaster. It is also not the first time that the government has allowed dam projects in the fragile Himalayan ecology It has been more than 48 hours, but the villagers of Raini are still reeling from effects of the loud crashing sound that was followed by an almost deafening roar of the river, as it bolstered down the narrow gorge on February 7. From the cluster of glaciers of the Nanda Devi massif, a hefty chunk got detached and was swept down the Rishiganga gorge towards the base of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, and it took less than ten seconds for the flash flood to completely submerge the dam structure of the Rishiganga hydropower project, blasting it into smithereens. ....