Unnao: After useless our bodies of suspected Covid sufferers had been seen floating on the Ganga river in japanese Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, a number of our bodies have been discovered buried in sand at two areas alongside the Ganga river in Unnao district.
As with the sooner occasion, there was no affirmation if these our bodies had been of Covid sufferers.
Unnao District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar stated, “Some people do not burn the bodies but bury them in the sand by the river. After I got the information, I have sent officials to the spot. I have asked them to carry out an inquiry and we will take action”.
The our bodies draped in saffron fabric had been reported to be discovered buried on the Rautapur Ganga Ghat within the Hajipur space.
A way of panic has gripped the locals after it was discovered that our bodies had been being buried within the sand on the banks of the river.
Shirish Gupta, a neighborhood businessman, stated: “Monsoon is barely a month away and once the Ganga river becomes flooded with water, these bodies will be washed ashore. The district administration should exhume the bodies and perform a proper cremation”.
Officials had been uncertain in regards to the suggestion pertaining to the delicate matter. “It could create a law-and-order problem if we take out the bodies. We will see what best can be done,” stated a senior district official.
Reports counsel that ever for the reason that dying toll within the ongoing second wave of pandemic started to rise, the costs of performing cremation have additionally shot up.
“A package for cremation according to Hindu rites, is now between Rs 15,000 to 20,000. It is obvious that poor people cannot afford it and they are opting for riverside burials,” stated Gupta.
On Monday, scores of useless our bodies had been washed up on the banks of Ganga in Ghazipur and Ballia districts. Bodies had been additionally present in Buxar in Bihar. While in accordance with the Hindu faith the Ganga is taken into account because the holiest of rivers, such an occasion of our bodies being discovered that approach was actually unparalleled.
(With inputs from businesses)
