After Ghazipur, bodies wash up on the banks of the Ganga in Ballia
3 years, 7 months ago

After Ghazipur, bodies wash up on the banks of the Ganga in Ballia

The Hindu  

After Ghazipur, the administration in Ballia district in eastern Uttar Pradesh has said some bodies in a mangled state were found on the banks of the Ganga. The administration, however, was silent on the number of bodies retrieved and said the final rites of the bodies were conducted on the banks of the Ganga in the presence of police and administrative officials. Some unidentified bodies were spotted on the banks of the Ganga under the Ballia-Buxar bridge in the Narhi area on the evening of May 10, District Magistrate Aditi Singh said. Around two dozen bodies in a decomposed state were found floating in the Ganga river in neighbouring Ghazipur, police said on Tuesday.

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Bengal: Decomposed Bodies of Four of Family Found in Flat
1 year, 1 month ago

Bengal: Decomposed Bodies of Four of Family Found in Flat

News 18  

Decomposed bodies of four members of a family have been found in their flat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said. The deceased persons were identified as 52-year-old Brindaban Karmakar, a cloth merchant, his wife Debasree Karmakar, who was in her forties, their 17-year-old daughter Debaleena and eight-year-old son Utsaha, a police officer said. His body was found …

Bodies of 2 minors found along Howrah shore, family suspects murder
1 year, 8 months ago

Bodies of 2 minors found along Howrah shore, family suspects murder

India Today  

Bodies of two minor boys were recovered along the shore of the River Ganga in West Bengal’s Howrah on Monday evening. Speaking to India Today, the 8-year-old boy’s mother, Rani Khatun, claimed that her son and his cousin were murdered by a man who had also allegedly kidnapped her 16-year-old daughter. Khatun alleged that the man had abducted her 16-year-old …

How Many Corpses Were Floating In Ganga During Covid-19 Pandemic? NGT Asks Bihar & UP Govts
2 years, 7 months ago

How Many Corpses Were Floating In Ganga During Covid-19 Pandemic? NGT Asks Bihar & UP Govts

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal recently sought reports from the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar about the number of human corpses found floating on the river Ganga as well as the bodies that were buried in the river bed in the two states during the period of before the COVID-19 pandemic till March 31 this year. While referring to news …

Opinion | Bodies floating in Ganga: How western media spread half-truths!
2 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Bodies floating in Ganga: How western media spread half-truths!

India TV News  

The speed at which the Covid pandemic had spread, has now decreased almost everywhere in India, but in the ongoing UP assembly election, mention is being made frequently about bodies floating in the river Ganga. Even The New York Times and The Washington Post had published images of the bodies floating in river Ganga last year, but the visuals that …

No data available on bodies dumped in Ganga during COVID-19 second wave: Centre
2 years, 10 months ago

No data available on bodies dumped in Ganga during COVID-19 second wave: Centre

India TV News  

Highlights The written reply was given in response to Trinamool Congress MP Derek O' Brien's question Brien had asked about the number of COVID-19 related bodies claimed to have been dumped Brien had also asked about the measures taken to retrieve them as per protocols The information regarding the number of COVID-19 related bodies claimed to have been dumped in …

Info on bodies dumped in Ganga river not available, Govt tells House
2 years, 10 months ago

Info on bodies dumped in Ganga river not available, Govt tells House

Hindustan Times  

The Union government on Monday said it does not have information on the number of bodies found floating on the Ganga during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic last year. Info on bodies dumped in Ganga river not available, Govt tells House The information was shared by Union minister of state for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu in response to a …

Bodies Floated Downstream to Bengal from UP, Last Rites Performed: Mamata
3 years, 6 months ago

Bodies Floated Downstream to Bengal from UP, Last Rites Performed: Mamata

News 18  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said several bodies have floated to the state downstream river Ganga from Uttar Pradesh and polluted the waters. She also pointed out that the decomposed bodies were spotted in the river in Malda district, and the state government has “performed the last rites of some of them”. “Several bodies have floated downstream …

Unearthing the story of the sand burials on the banks of the Ganga
3 years, 6 months ago

Unearthing the story of the sand burials on the banks of the Ganga

The Hindu  

Backin 2017, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi indulged in “ shamshan - kabristan ” rhetoric at an election rally in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, little would he have known that his words would return to haunt him. Pandit Deepak Malviya said: “The municipal authorities opened Saamne Ghat so that the bodies from out of the city do not come to Banaras …

Plea in SC Seeks Direction for Removal of Bodies Found Floating in River Ganga
3 years, 6 months ago

Plea in SC Seeks Direction for Removal of Bodies Found Floating in River Ganga

News 18  

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and four states, including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, to take immediate steps to remove the bodies found floating in river Ganga amid the ongoing wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The petition, which referred to reports of bodies found floating in river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, …

Six more bodies found floating in Ganga in UP's Fatehpur
3 years, 6 months ago

Six more bodies found floating in Ganga in UP's Fatehpur

India TV News  

Six more bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims were found floating in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Monday. Fatehpur Sadar Tehsil Sub-Collector Pramod Jha said he was informed about the bodies floating in the river on Sunday morning, following which a search operation was launched. Later in the day, a team of doctors performed the last rites …

Uttar Pradesh: Bodies buried in sand along riverbank begin floating in Ganga due to erosion
3 years, 6 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Bodies buried in sand along riverbank begin floating in Ganga due to erosion

India Today  

Bodies that were buried in the sand along the banks of Ganga have now been found floating in the river. This is because the river’s water level has increased by 40-45 cm in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, over the last two days, causing the sand to submerge and erode. Earlier this month, hundreds of bodies were found buried in shallow sand …

Bodies wash up on shores of river Sarayu in Uttarakhand; locals shocked, concerned
3 years, 6 months ago

Bodies wash up on shores of river Sarayu in Uttarakhand; locals shocked, concerned

Deccan Chronicle  

Pithoragarh: Dozens of bodies belived to be of COVID-19 victims have washed up on the banks of Sarayu river in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh on Wednesday evoking shock, anger and concern among the locals. Pankaj Chandola, tehsildar of the district who is supervising the cremation of the COVID patients in the Ghat area, said that the bodies flowing into the Saryu river …

Prayagraj civic body deploys teams along ghats to stop villagers from burying bodies under sand
3 years, 6 months ago

Prayagraj civic body deploys teams along ghats to stop villagers from burying bodies under sand

India Today  

The Paraygraj Municipality has deployed teams to make sure that villagers do not bury bodies on the bank. Prayagraj Municipal Commissioner Ravi Ranjan said the municipal corporation is doing a cleanliness drive at the ghat and several teams have been deployed to stop the villagers from burring the bodies. A few days ago, photos and videos of many bodies being …

Shrouds removed from bodies buried in sand on banks of Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj
3 years, 7 months ago

Shrouds removed from bodies buried in sand on banks of Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj

India Today  

The Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh has come under severe criticism after a large number of bodies were found buried in shallow sand graves or washed up on the Ganges river banks in the state. In Prayagraj’s Sangam area, photos showed hundreds of bodies buried in the sand along the banks of Ganga as rain exposed shrouds. The government …

Prayagraj: Burial of bodies in sand old custom but never saw so many, say locals
3 years, 7 months ago

Prayagraj: Burial of bodies in sand old custom but never saw so many, say locals

India Today  

Multiple instances of dead bodies found buried in the sand along the banks of river Ganga have come to the fore from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. Bodies of the deceased buried in the sand near the banks of river Ganga in UP's Prayagraj Burying dead bodies in the sand along the banks of river Ganga is an old custom but …

Two Bodies Spotted on Ganga Bank in UP's Ballia
3 years, 7 months ago

Two Bodies Spotted on Ganga Bank in UP's Ballia

News 18  

Two bodies were spotted on the bank of the Ganga at a village here, police said on Monday. Last week, Ballia residents had claimed that over 50 corpses were seen floating in the river in the district, triggering suspicion that these were of Covid patients. The two bodies were spotted at Maldepur village under the Phephana police station area on …

UP: Nearly 500 bodies found buried in sand on banks of Ganga in Prayagraj
3 years, 7 months ago

UP: Nearly 500 bodies found buried in sand on banks of Ganga in Prayagraj

India TV News  

More bodies were found buried in the sand on the banks of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj district. Others have expressed concerns that the corpses will sp "The government should be more careful, especially during this pandemic, as this can sp Despite repeated attempts, district officials have refused to comment on the matter. In the last week, Ghazipur and …

Centre asks Bihar, UP to prevent dumping of bodies in Ganga, ensure dignified cremation
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre asks Bihar, UP to prevent dumping of bodies in Ganga, ensure dignified cremation

India Today  

After corpses were seen floating in rivers amid the devastating second wave of Covid-19, the central government on Sunday directed Uttar Pradesh and Bihar state governments to prevent dumping of bodies in the Ganga and its tributaries. During a review meeting on May 15-16, the union Jal Shakti Ministry said, “Namami Gange directs states to prevent dumping of dead bodies …

UP: Bodies wash up on shores of river Ganga in Ghazipur
3 years, 7 months ago

UP: Bodies wash up on shores of river Ganga in Ghazipur

India TV News  

People living near the banks of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur once again witnessed the ghastly sight of dead bodies washing up on the ghats of the river on Saturday. Similar scenes were witnessed on Tuesday in the same area, a day after bodies of suspected Covid patients washed up on banks of Ganga in Bihar's Buxar district. Residents …

UP: Stench of unclaimed bodies buried along banks of river Ganga haunts villagers
3 years, 7 months ago

UP: Stench of unclaimed bodies buried along banks of river Ganga haunts villagers

India Today  

Days after the dead bodies of suspected Covid-19 victims were spotted floating on the river Ganga, multiple bodies have now been seen buried in the sand at two locations along the riverbank near Kanpur city and Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh government has directed the National Disaster Relief Force and water battalions of the Pradeshik Armed Constabulary to …

NHRC Sends Notice to UP, Bihar Over Floating Corpses in Ganga, PIL in SC Seeks SIT Probe
3 years, 7 months ago

NHRC Sends Notice to UP, Bihar Over Floating Corpses in Ganga, PIL in SC Seeks SIT Probe

News 18  

The National Human Rights Commission has taken cognisance of bodies found floating in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and issued notices to both the state governments. The commission has issued the notice to the chief secretaries of the states, and the secretary of Union Jal Shakti Ministry’s Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Thursday, calling …

River of sorrow: The mystery of bodies floating in Ganga | India Today Ground Report
3 years, 7 months ago

River of sorrow: The mystery of bodies floating in Ganga | India Today Ground Report

India Today  

India Today TV reporter took a boat and travelled from Ghazipur to Buxar in an attempt to find out whether it is the people living around the river dumping the bodies of their loved ones or are they floating downstream. WHAT LOCALS CLAIM A local, who was standing on the bank with other villagers to see what the authorities were …

Bodies found floating in river Ganga: Plea in SC seeks probe into deaths
3 years, 7 months ago

Bodies found floating in river Ganga: Plea in SC seeks probe into deaths

India TV News  

A plea was Thursday filed in the Supreme Court seeking constitution of a special investigating team headed by a sitting or retired apex court judge to supervise the probe into the death of several persons whose bodies were recently found floating in river Ganga in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The petition has sought directions to the Centre, authorities in states …

Unnao district administration orders probe into reports of bodies buried on riverbank
3 years, 7 months ago

Unnao district administration orders probe into reports of bodies buried on riverbank

The Hindu  

The Unnao district administration has ordered a probe after some bodies were found buried on the Ganga riverbank in the Bighapur Patan tehsil area, officials said on Thursday. The district administration swung into action after locals spotted bodies buried on the Baksar ghat of the river with some photographs of the bodies too going viral on social media, they said. …

Covid Pandemic: Why dead bodies were found floating in river Ganga
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid Pandemic: Why dead bodies were found floating in river Ganga

India TV News  

India continues to be the world’s worst Covid affected country with Wednesday’s figure of fresh cases again crossing 3.5 lakhs at 3,62,720. During the last 24 hours, Maharashtra reported 46,781 fresh cases and 816 deaths, Kerala reported 43,529 fresh cases and only 95 deaths, Karnataka 39,998 fresh cases and 517 deaths, Tamil Nadu 30,355 fresh cases and 293 deaths, Andhra …

Unnao district admin orders probe into reports of bodies buried on riverbank
3 years, 7 months ago

Unnao district admin orders probe into reports of bodies buried on riverbank

India Today  

The Unnao district administration has ordered a probe after some bodies were found buried on the Ganga riverbank in the Bighapur Patan tehsil area, officials said on Thursday. The district administration swung into action after locals spotted bodies buried on the Baksar ghat of the river with some photographs of the bodies too going viral on social media, they said. …

Bodies in PPE kits found floating in Ganga near Patna's Gulabi Ghat
3 years, 7 months ago

Bodies in PPE kits found floating in Ganga near Patna's Gulabi Ghat

India Today  

The horror of floating bodies in the Ganga river reached Patna on Thursday. Two days after the Bihar government fished out 71 bodies from the river in the Buxar district, locals spotted several bodies floating near the Gulabi Ghat in Patna. We are keeping a check to ensure that bodies are not dumped in the river in our district,” Patna …

NHRC issues notice to Centre and UP, Bihar govts over bodies found floating in Ganga
3 years, 7 months ago

NHRC issues notice to Centre and UP, Bihar govts over bodies found floating in Ganga

India Today  

The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday took cognisance of a complaint about several dead bodies found floating in the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. In the notices, the commission observed that the public authorities seem to have failed to make concentric efforts in educating the masses and checking the immersion of half-burnt or unburnt dead bodies into …

Floating bodies spotted at Varanasi ghats, more found buried in Unnao, Covid panic spreads
3 years, 7 months ago

Floating bodies spotted at Varanasi ghats, more found buried in Unnao, Covid panic spreads

India Today  

After Buxar, Ghazipur, now bodies have shored up in the Ganga waters in Varanasi and Unnao. More bodies found in Unnao Meanwhile, in Unnao, authorities found bodies buried in the sand near Ganga. The Unnao District Magistrate has said, "Our team has found buried bodies in an area far from river. Meanwhile, the Centre on Tuesday asked states along the …

Bihar spreads net in the Ganga to fish out bodies floating in from U.P.
3 years, 7 months ago

Bihar spreads net in the Ganga to fish out bodies floating in from U.P.

The Hindu  

A day after 71 bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims were retrieved from the Ganga at Chausa in Buxar district of Bihar, the authorities on Wednesday spread a big net in the river to catch bodies floating in from the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, the Buxar district authorities said 71 bodies that were retrieved on Monday-Tuesday had washed ashore at downstream …

Seven More Bodies Seen Floating in Ganga in UP's Ballia District, Total Count Touches 52
3 years, 7 months ago

Seven More Bodies Seen Floating in Ganga in UP's Ballia District, Total Count Touches 52

News 18  

Ballia : With seven more bodies seen floating in the Ganga, the count of bodies found in this Uttar Pradesh district has reached 52, an official said on Wednesday. According to Ballia residents, at least 45 bodies were seen floating near the Ujiyar, Kulhadia and Bharauli ghats in the Narahi area on Tuesday evening. In a statement issued on Tuesday, …

Amid Covid scare, unidentified corpses found floating in Ganga river in UP and Bihar
3 years, 7 months ago

Amid Covid scare, unidentified corpses found floating in Ganga river in UP and Bihar

Op India  

Close to 100 unidentified and decomposed bodies were found floating in the Ganga over a couple of days, sparking fear among the locals in several districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. While 71 bodies have been recovered from Bihar’s Buxar district, other 25 bodies were fished from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district with locals suspecting them to be the bodies of …

7 more bodies seen floating in Ganga, total count in UP's Ballia district 52
3 years, 7 months ago

7 more bodies seen floating in Ganga, total count in UP's Ballia district 52

India Today  

With seven more bodies seen floating in the Ganga, the count of bodies found in this Uttar Pradesh district has reached 52, an official said on Wednesday. According to Ballia residents, at least 45 bodies were seen floating near the Ujiyar, Kulhadia and Bharauli ghats in the Narahi area on Tuesday evening. In a statement issued on Tuesday, District Magistrate …

Panic among locals after dead bodies found buried on banks of Ganga in UP's Unnao
3 years, 7 months ago

Panic among locals after dead bodies found buried on banks of Ganga in UP's Unnao

India Today  

Just days after bodies were found floating in the river Ganga in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, similar sightings are now being reported in UP’s Unnao district. Several bodies were reportedly seen buried in the sand near the river bank in Unnao’s Buksar village. REPORT CAUSES FEAR IN RESIDENTS As the death toll continues to climb due to Covid-19, funeral pyres …

About two dozen decomposed bodies wash up on banks of the Ganga in Ghazipur
3 years, 7 months ago

About two dozen decomposed bodies wash up on banks of the Ganga in Ghazipur

The Hindu  

At least two dozen bodies in a decomposed condition were found floating in the Ganga in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh on May 11, the police said. Jamania DSP Hitendra Krishna told The Hindu that 23 to 25 bodies in a “semi-decomposed” state were found floating near the banks of the Ganga in Gahmar circle of the district. While Mr. …

71 corpses pulled out from Ganges in Bihar so far; all floated downstream from UP, says govt
3 years, 7 months ago

71 corpses pulled out from Ganges in Bihar so far; all floated downstream from UP, says govt

Firstpost  

Some news channels claimed these were of COVID-19 patients from Bihar who might have been dumped by callous officials, state government strongly denied the same, asserting that none of the deceased was a local resident. The Bihar government on Tuesday said altogether 71 bodies have been fished out from the Ganges in Buxar district, where these were found floating in …

Scores of dead bodies found floating in India’s Ganges River
3 years, 7 months ago

Scores of dead bodies found floating in India’s Ganges River

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Scores of dead bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections. Authorities performed post mortems on Tuesday but said they could not confirm the cause of death due to the decomposition of the bodies. More corpses were found floating in the river on …

71 bodies of suspected COVID victims retrieved from Ganga, buried in Bihar
3 years, 7 months ago

71 bodies of suspected COVID victims retrieved from Ganga, buried in Bihar

The Hindu  

A day after several bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims were found washed up along the banks of the Ganga at Mahadeo ghat in Chausa in Bihar, 71 of them were retrieved and disposed of by the district administration after post-mortem on Tuesday. Earlier, the Buxar Superintendent of Police Neeraj Kumar Singh also had told The Hindu that 71 dead bodies …

After Bihar's Buxar, bodies found floating in Ganga in UP's Ghazipur
3 years, 7 months ago

After Bihar's Buxar, bodies found floating in Ganga in UP's Ghazipur

India Today  

Day after dozens of bodies, bloated and in various stages of decay, washed up on Monday on the banks of the Ganga in Chausa block of Bihar’s Buxar district, similar sightings were reported on the banks of the river in Ghazipu district of Uttar Pradesh. Few unidentified bodies found floating in river Ganga in Ghazipur “We got the information, our …

Centre takes note of bodies being dumped in river Ganga, seeks report
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre takes note of bodies being dumped in river Ganga, seeks report

India Today  

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said that the National Mission for Clean Ganga and district authorities will ensure all unidentified bodies found near Ganga are disposed of as per the protocol. “We have taken serious note of the issue of dumping dead bodies in the river Ganga and instituted measures for the prohibition of the same,” he added. …

Bodies of suspected COVID victims spotted in Ganga
3 years, 7 months ago

Bodies of suspected COVID victims spotted in Ganga

The Hindu  

Videos of several bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims floating at the Mahadeo ghat of the Ganga at Chausa village in Bihar, have gone viral on social media, sparking outrage and shock. Local officials who visited the village, however, said there were “about 10-12 dead bodies floating in the river water”. The bodies have decomposed and bloated but we’re ensuring they …

Ganges River: Dozens of bodies wash up in eastern India
3 years, 7 months ago

Ganges River: Dozens of bodies wash up in eastern India

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — At least 71 bodies have been pulled from the banks of the Ganges River in eastern India, as a second Covid-19 wave ravages the country and engulfs its healthcare system. Indian media quoted Ashok Kumar, a local official for the town of Chausa in Buxar district, who corroborated reports of the discovery of bodies circulating on …

These visuals will disturb you. Bodies float in Ganga in Bihar's Buxar as a nation mourns
3 years, 7 months ago

These visuals will disturb you. Bodies float in Ganga in Bihar's Buxar as a nation mourns

India Today  

As news of Covid-19 related deaths continue to send shock waves across the country, people today witnessed horrific visuals at the Mahadev Ghat in Bihar's Buxar. The pictures of bodies piled up at the Mahadev Ghat situated near Chausa in Buxar district flooded social media early morning today. “Some 40-45 bodies were seen floating," said Chausa district official Ashok Kumar, …

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