Panic after bodies found buried in sand on banks of Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao
Four days after useless bodies of suspected Covid sufferers had been noticed floating on the Ganga river in jap UP and Bihar, experiences have now proven that a number of bodies have been buried in sand at two places alongside the Ganga river in Unnao district.
Visuals from the 2 places present buried bodies with locals wanting on. Incidentally, most of the bodies had been wrapped in a saffron material. However, there was no affirmation if these bodies had been of Covid sufferers.
Unnao District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar mentioned, “Some people do not burn the bodies but bury them in the sand by the river. After I got information, I have sent officials to the spot. I have asked them to carry out an enquiry and we will take action.”
The bodies had been primarily found buried on the Rautapur Ganga Ghat in Hajipur space. Meanwhile, there’s panic among the many locals after it was found that bodies had been being buried in sand on the banks of the river.
Shirish Gupta, an area businessman, mentioned: “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 tight -lipped on the suggestion. “It could create a law-and-order problem if we take out the bodies. We will see what best can be done,” mentioned a senior district official.
Sources mentioned that ever because the dying toll in the continued pandemic started rising, 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,” mentioned Gupta.
It could also be recalled that on Monday, scores of useless bodies had been washed up on the banks of Ganga in Ghazipur and Ballia districts. Bodies had been additionally found in Buxar in Bihar.
Hindus revere the Ganga because the holiest of rivers however consigning bodies to it isn’t half of any faith’s traditions, together with Hinduism.
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