: Covid-19: No information on number of bodies dumped in Ganga, says Centre #IndiaNEWS The Union Jal Shakti Ministry on Monday told the Rajya Sabha that it had no information on the number of bodies

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Covid-19: No information on number of bodies dumped in Ganga, says Centre #IndiaNEWS
The Union Jal Shakti Ministry on Monday told the Rajya Sabha that it had no information on the number of bodies found floating in the Ganga river during the devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic between April and June last year. During those three months, reports emerged from multiple cities along the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh about bodies floating in the river or buried along its banks. The corpses were suspected to be of Covid-19 patients whose final rites could not be performed at crematoriums due to the huge rise in deaths at the time. In response to a question on the number of such bodies, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu told the Rajya Sabha on Monday: “The information regarding number of Covid-19 related dead bodies estimated to have been dumped in the river Ganga is not available.�Tudu, however, noted that there were media reports about “unclaimed or unidentified, burnt or partially burnt dead bodies� found floating in the river or in the shallow depths and banks of the Ganga in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The minister said that the National Mission for Clean Ganga and the Jal Shakti Ministry has sought reports from state governments on the matter. Tudu said that his ministry...Read more

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