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India Covid: Dozens of bodies wash up on banks of Ganges river
Also: Dozens of suspected Covid victims wash up on Ganges River banks (Agence France-Presse)
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Source: BBC
India Covid: Dozens of bodies wash up on banks of Ganges river
10 May 2021
The bodies of at least 40 people have washed up on the banks of the Ganges river in northern India, officials say.
The discovery, near the border between the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, was confirmed to the BBC on Monday.
It is not clear how the bodies came to be there, but local media reports suggest they may be Covid-19 victims.
Some media reports say as many as 100 bodies have been found, and that their condition suggests they may have been in the river for several days.
"There is a possibility that these bodies have come out of Uttar Pradesh," a local official, Ashok Kumar, told the BBC after questioning local residents.
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10 May 2021
The bodies of at least 40 people have washed up on the banks of the Ganges river in northern India, officials say.
The discovery, near the border between the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, was confirmed to the BBC on Monday.
It is not clear how the bodies came to be there, but local media reports suggest they may be Covid-19 victims.
Some media reports say as many as 100 bodies have been found, and that their condition suggests they may have been in the river for several days.
"There is a possibility that these bodies have come out of Uttar Pradesh," a local official, Ashok Kumar, told the BBC after questioning local residents.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57061452
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Source: Agence France-Presse
Dozens of suspected Covid victims wash up on Ganges River banks
Agence France-Presse in New Delhi
Mon 10 May 2021 15.42 BST
Dozens of bodies believed to be Covid-19 victims have washed up on the banks of the Ganges River in northern India as the pandemic spreads into India’s vast rural hinterland, overwhelming local health facilities as well as crematoriums and cemeteries.
Local official Ashok Kumar said that about 40 corpses washed up in Buxar district near the border between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, two of India’s poorest states.
“We have directed concerned officials to dispose of all bodies, to either bury or cremate them,” Kumar told AFP.
Some media reports said the number of corpses could be as high as 100. The reports quoted other officials as saying some of the bodies were bloated and partially burned and could have been in the river for several days.
Locals told AFP they believed the bodies had been dumped in the river because cremation sites were overwhelmed or because relatives could not afford wood for funeral pyres.
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Agence France-Presse in New Delhi
Mon 10 May 2021 15.42 BST
Dozens of bodies believed to be Covid-19 victims have washed up on the banks of the Ganges River in northern India as the pandemic spreads into India’s vast rural hinterland, overwhelming local health facilities as well as crematoriums and cemeteries.
Local official Ashok Kumar said that about 40 corpses washed up in Buxar district near the border between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, two of India’s poorest states.
“We have directed concerned officials to dispose of all bodies, to either bury or cremate them,” Kumar told AFP.
Some media reports said the number of corpses could be as high as 100. The reports quoted other officials as saying some of the bodies were bloated and partially burned and could have been in the river for several days.
Locals told AFP they believed the bodies had been dumped in the river because cremation sites were overwhelmed or because relatives could not afford wood for funeral pyres.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/10/india-dozens-of-suspected-covid-victims-wash-up-on-ganges-river-banks
