Many decomposed dead bodies were now found floating in the Ganga near Gulabi Ghat in Patna on Thursday.
Chandrasheker Singh, the District Magistrate (DM) has asked the municipal authorities to retrieve the dead bodies and cremate them properly.
As per eyewitnesses, most of the dead bodies are partially burnt.
The District Magistrate said. “After the emergence of dead bodies in Gulabi Ghat, we have asked police and civil administration to intensify vigil along the river in a bid to ensure no one dumps dead bodies in the waters.
We have also asked municipal corporation officers to take out the bodies and cremate them properly.”
The counting of dead bodies by authorities is underway in Gulabi Ghat, a cremation ground located at the Mahendru area of Patna.
As per shop owners at Gulabi Ghat, many poor people who are unable to bear expenses of cremation materials are dumping dead bodies in the river without cremation in absence of any police personnel.
The District Magistrate said: “We have been appealing to people of Bihar not to dump dead bodies in rivers without cremation. We are also making efforts to find out whether dead bodies have come from other places.”
In Buxar again 5 dead bodies were found in a net placed by the district administration in the Ganga at Rani Ghat. According to officials, the dead bodies came from adjoining Uttar Pradesh.
71 dead bodies floating from upstream Uttar Pradesh were found on the banks of the Ganga at Chausa in Buxar on Tuesday.
About 2 dozen dead bodies also found in the neighboring Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh as well.
