New Delhi: Taking cognizance of a grievance over a number of useless our bodies discovered floating within the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued notices to the Chief Secretaries of each states and the Secretary, Union Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation), calling for motion taken report inside 4 weeks.
Issuing the notices, the Commission noticed that it appears the general public authorities have did not take concentric efforts in educating the lots and checking the immersion of half burnt or unburnt useless our bodies into the river Ganga.
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“The practice of disposal of dead bodies in our sacred river Ganga is clearly in violation of guidelines of the National Mission for Clean Ganga project of Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation,” the NHRC mentioned in a launch.
The NHRC famous that The River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order, 2016, which pertains to the measures for prevention, management and abatement of environmental air pollution within the river Ganga and to make sure steady ample circulate of water in order to rejuvenate the river Ganga to its pure and pristine situation and for issues linked therewith or incidental thereto has laid down not solely the excellent rules to be adopted for rejuvenation, safety and administration of river Ganga but additionally forged an obligation that “no person shall do any act or carry on any project or process or activity which, notwithstanding whether such act has been mentioned in this Order or not, has the effect of causing pollution in the river Ganga”.
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The NHRC additional mentioned the complainant dated May 11, primarily based on a number of media reviews, has expressed apprehensions that these useless our bodies had been of Covid victims, therefore, the disposal of useless our bodies in such a fashion could, significantly have an effect on all these individuals, who’re depending on the holy river for his or her day after day actions.
“It is further stated that even if these dead bodies were not of Covid victims, then such practice/incidents are shameful to the society as a whole as that amounts to violation of human rights of even deceased persons,” the NHRC mentioned, including the complainant has sought its intervention for strict motion in opposition to negligent public authorities, who’ve failed to forestall such incidents.
