Bihar Horror: At Least 40 Bodies Of Suspected Covid-19 Dead Found In River Ganga In Buxar

Bloated, decomposing bodies washed up on May 10 morning on the banks of Ganga at Bihar's Buxar in frightening new visuals that expose the scale of India's Covid-19 crisis. Dozens of bodies were seen floating in the river at Chausa town, on Bihar's border with Uttar Pradesh & later piling up on the banks, to the horror of residents. Local administration believes the bodies floated down from Uttar Pradesh & belong to Covid-19 patients whose relatives may have been unable to find space to cremate or bury them. “Some 40-45 bodies were seen floating," said Chausa district official Ashok Kumar To NDTV, standing at the site of the horror, Mahadeva Ghat in Chausa. There is panic in the town & others nearby about infection from the bodies & from the river water. "People are terrified of getting Covid-19. We have to bury the bodies," said Narendra Kumar, a villager told reporters. “A district administration official came and said they would pay Rs 500 for cleaning up the bodies," a villager told reporters, reported NDTV. India has recorded over three lakh Covid-19 cases daily for nearly three weeks & hit record deaths, over 4,000, last week.

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