The bodies buried or floating on the ghats in UP are not just on account of the massive under reporting of COVID-19 deaths. The state’s apathy is to blame.
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Covid panic as some 40 bodies wash up on banks of Indian river
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Bodies of suspected Covid-19 victims washed up on the banks of the Ganges river in northern India, with the frightening visuals sparking shock among locals as well as on Indian social media.
Dozens of bodies were spotted floating in the river at Bihar state’s Chausa town and later piling up on the banks to the horror of residents.
Officials claimed the bodies floated down from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh state and belong to coronavirus victims whose relatives, being poor, were unable to afford cremation and discarded the remains in the river.
SHOCKING: Several dead bodies found floating in Ganga in Bihar, Yamuna in UP as COVID-19 cases surge
Several unidentified and partially burnt bodies were spotted floating in the Yamuna and Ganga in UP and Bihar. The site in Bihar s Buxar where the dead bodies were seen floating. (Photo: ANI)
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Updated: May 11, 2021, 12:45 PM IST
As India is reeling under a massive second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of deaths has also increased. Such is the situation that crematoriums and burial grounds are packed to capacity.
Amid this, several unidentified and partially burnt bodies were spotted floating in the Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh s Hamirpur. On Sunday (May 9), some residents spotted the bodies floating in River Yamuna and alerted the police.
May 11, 2021, 14:52 PM IST
New Delhi: Over five bodies floating in the Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh s Hamirpur district have triggered a COVID-19 scare amongst the locals, a link which has been denied by the authorities.
The residents had spotted the bodies, including a half-burnt corpse, under a bridge on the Yamuna on May 6, the PTI news agency reported on Monday (May 10, 2021).
Hamirpur Superintendent of Police Narendra Kumar Singh confirmed to PTI that some local residents had spotted the bodies floating in the Yamuna.
Singh said, There were five bodies, of which one body was partially burnt. The bodies were handed over to the municipal body for cremation.
Dead bodies dumped in rivers signal that rural areas need greater assistance in this second wave May 11, 2021, 1:43 PM IST
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Dead bodies of suspected Covid victims found floating in the Ganga river in Bihar’s Buxar and Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur are just some of the indications of the pandemic taking a heavy toll in rural areas. The paucity of testing facilities away from cities leaves no credible reporting mechanism for the number of Covid affected. The dumping of dead bodies in rivers points to stigma or people running out of resources to do cremations.