Uttar Pradesh: Half burnt bodies found floating in Yamuna

Over the last two days, horrific scenes of dead bodies floating in the Ganga river in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur and Bihar's Buxar caused panic among locals who feared that the bodies were of deceased COVID patients. When ETV Bharat reached Shergarh Ghat here, our team has witnessed several bodies which are partially burnt were being disposed of in the river. At some places, dogs and vultures were seen eating the human corpses.

Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh): After hundreds of corpses were spotted in the river Ganga at various places of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, ETV Bharat inspected several places of Auriya where the covid infected have been burnt.

When ETV Bharat reached Shergarh Ghat here, our team has witnessed several bodies which are partially burnt were being disposed of in the river. At some places, dogs and vultures were seen eating the human corpses.

Over the last two days, horrific scenes of dead bodies floating in the Ganga river in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur and Bihar's Buxar caused panic among locals who feared that the bodies were of deceased COVID patients.

According to Bihar Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha, 71 bodies were taken out from the river in Buxar district and their last rites performed and a net has been placed in the Ganga in Ranighat, bordering UP and Bihar, to stop any similar incident from happening again.

Local residents have complained of stench coming from the bloated, decomposed corpses and accused the authorities of ineptitude. These incidents have sparked fears about the scale of the Covid crisis in the country.

Authorities believe the relatives of those who succumbed to the virus, may not have been able to find space for the last rites.