71 bodies fished out from the Ganges in Bihar so far, all floated downstream from UP: Minister
The Bihar authorities on Tuesday mentioned altogether 71 bodies have been fished out from the Ganges in Buxar district, the place these had been discovered floating in the river, triggering suspicion that the deserted corpses could possibly be these of COVID-19 sufferers. State Water Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar, a key aide of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, got here out with a collection of tweets, asserting that the bodies had flown downstream from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.
“The Bihar government is seized of the matter of unfortunate case of floating mortal remains in river Ganga…The bodies have floated into Bihar from UP,” mentioned Jha, including, medical doctors have confirmed upon autopsy that the deaths had taken place “four-five days” in the past.
He mentioned the chief minister was pained at each the tragedy in addition to the “harm” to river Ganga.
“He has all the time been explicit about the purity and uninterrupted circulate of the river and has requested the administration to accentuate patrolling to make sure this isn’t repeated.
“Last rites of 71 bodies performed as per protocols. A net has been placed in the Ganges in Ranighat, bordering UP and Bihar. We have advised the UP administration to be vigilant. Our administration is keeping vigil, too. Advise all to give respect to the dead and also to Maa Ganga,” Jha added.
Numerous bloated corpses had been seen floating in the river mattress in Chausa block of Buxar district on Monday, triggering shock waves.
Though some information channels claimed these had been of COVID-19 sufferers who might need been deserted by resource-starved members of the family or dumped by callous officers, the native administration had strongly denied the similar, asserting that none of the deceased was an area resident, and the bodies had flown downstream from adjoining UP districts.
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