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Thousands of graves on the Ganga banks point to Dalitbahujans succumbing to Covid
Bodies floating in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and buried on the banks of the river have kicked up a big row. Who are these dead? Dalitbahujans traditionally bury their dead or consign them to the rivers, says Sushil Manav
On 9 May 2021, I was at the Shringverpur Ghat in Prayagraj (Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh, for the last rites of my maternal grandfather, Amarnath Tiwari. I could see dozens of bodies being cremated on the banks. I could also see that many more were buried in the sand. My guess is that their total number must be upwards of 5,000. The spots where the bodies were buried were ringed by pieces of bamboo driven vertically into the sand and covered by shrouds. The shrouds looked new, indicating that the burial was done recently – maybe 2-3 days ago or at the most 5-10 days ago.
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Covid Pandemic: Why dead bodies were found floating in river Ganga
India continues to be the worldâs worst Covid affected country with Wednesdayâs figure of fresh cases again crossing 3.5 lakhs at 3,62,720. Brazil comes second which reported only 25,200 fresh cases during last 24 hours. For the second consecutive day, the daily death toll in India has crossed 4,000 at 4,136 fatalities.
While the crisis has somewhat eased in metros like Mumbai and Delhi, it has become more acute in Bengaluru. There is much concern over the spread of the pandemic in rural areas of Indiaâs great hinterland. Villages after villages in UP, MP, Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are reporting fresh Covid-19 cases.
PIL in SC seeks SIT probe into case of floating corpses in Ganga
By ANI| Posted by Neha | Updated: 13th May 2021 11:24 pm IST Supreme Court of India
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday sought direction for setting up a Special Investigating Agency to supervise the probe into around 100 corpses found floating in the river Ganga in Bihar’s Buxar and Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao and Ghazipur districts.
The petition filed by two lawyers Pradeep Yadav and Vishal Thakre sought direction to constitute an SIT directing the respondent authorities to conduct postmortems of the dead bodies which were found floating in the river Ganga in Buxar, Ghazipur and Unnao districts respectively.
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Special Team To Probe Case Of Bodies In Ganga Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Special Team To Probe Case Of Bodies In Ganga The petition filed by two lawyers sought direction to constitute an SIT directing the respondent authorities to conduct postmortems of the dead bodies which were found floating in the river Ganga.
The plea said the states have failed to keep a check on its crematoriums (File)
New Delhi:
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday sought direction for setting up a Special Investigating Agency to supervise the probe into around 100 corpses found floating in the river Ganga in Bihar s Buxar and Uttar Pradesh s Unnao and Ghazipur districts.