Hundreds of decomposing bodies are washing up in the Ganges, India’s holiest river, as the Covid-stricken country continues to struggle with the mounting death toll from its brutal second wave. Locals in Uttar Pradesh are being forced to wade through corpses while bathing in the river as feral dogs and birds feast on the bodies. … Read more
Police are urging villagers in northern India not to bury their dead in rivers after scores of bodies washed up on the shore of the Ganges amid a second wave of coronavirus. Dozens of bodies were also discovered in shallow sand graves, prompting police to investigate. In jeeps and boats, the police used portable loudspeakers … Read more
Dozens more bodies of Covid victims in India washed up on the banks of the Ganges on Tuesday, as ambulance drivers were spotted dumping corpses into the water. The infected bodies surfaced in the river along the border of the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which the Ganges run through. Officials in Bihar have … Read more
Dozens more bodies of Covid victims in India washed up on the banks of the Ganges on Tuesday, as ambulance drivers were spotted dumping corpses into the water. The infected bodies surfaced in the river along the border of the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which the Ganges run through. Officials in Bihar have … Read more
More than 150 bodies of suspected coronavirus patients have been dumped into the River Ganges amid fears that relatives could not bury or cremate them in latest shocking scene laying India’s crisis bare. The health ministry recorded another 366,161 infections and 3,754 deaths on Monday – both figures are almost certainly undercounts as the country looks … Read more
More than 150 bodies of suspected coronavirus patients have been dumped into the River Ganges amid fears that relatives could not bury or cremate them in latest shocking scene laying India’s crisis bare. The health ministry recorded another 366,161 infections and 3,754 deaths on Monday – both figures are almost certainly undercounts as the country looks … Read more
The Ganges River is one of the biggest rivers in the world, providing water for a whopping half a billion people. But a worrying new study has warned that the river, with the combined flows of the Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers, could be responsible for up to three billion microplastic particles entering the Bay of Bengal … Read more