Patna: 4 youths drown in Ganga; SDRF continues search for more bodies
India | May 22, 2022 19:49 ISTThe State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team reached the site and retrieved the bodies of the four deceased people while looking for the other two.
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team reached the site and retrieved the bodies of the four deceased people while looking for the other two.
In a press release, NMCG said the exhibition offers a clear and deep understanding of the size, magnitude and complexity of the Ganga river ecosystem.
The main Ganga stem is flowing in severe flood situations in Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) to Murshidabad (West Bengal) districts. From Ghazipur to Ballia (UP), the river is in falling to steady state, whereas from Patna and downstream, it is flowing with a rising trend.
Following excessive rainfall, residents of the area expressed their concern over the situation.
The water level of the Ganga River has risen above danger level mark in Patna due to heavy rainfall. Several ghats have submerged. "There is fear that the rising level of Ganga and other rivers might pose a threat to Patna.
Five people were visiting Rishikesh when they decided to take a dip in the river on Saturday evening.
After 2-month research by medical and genetic experts of BHU, Varanasi and BSIP, Lucknow, it has been found that the Ganga river has no trace of the pandemic causing coronavirus.
Boatman Gullu Chaudhary, who had rescued a 21-day-old girl child from a wooden box floating in the Ganga River in Ghazipur district, earlier this week, will be gifted a boat by the state government.
She quoted Hindi poet Nirala to show the tragic situation, "The waters of the river Ganga were filled with corpses. There was no wood left in crematoriums to cremate the dead. In the blink of an eye, my family had vanished from before me."
The petition has sought directions to the Centre, authorities in states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to conduct post-mortem of the bodies which are found floating in river Ganga to ascertain the cause of death.
Unnao District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar said, "Some people do not burn the bodies but bury them in the sand by the river. After I got information, I have sent officials to the spot. I have asked them to carry out an enquiry and we will take action."
Four days after dead bodies of suspected Covid patients were spotted floating on the Ganga river in eastern UP and Bihar, reports have now shown that multiple bodies have been buried in sand at two locations along the Ganga river in Unnao district. Visuals from the two locations show buried bodies with locals looking on. Incidentally, most of the bodies were wrapped in a saffron cloth. However, there was no confirmation if these bodies were of Covid patients.
Visuals from the two locations show buried bodies with locals looking on. Incidentally, most of the bodies were wrapped in a saffron cloth.
Six people were rescued and two others went missing after a vessel carrying eight trucks capsized in Ganga river in Malda district of West Bengal on night of November 23.
Water-level of Ganga River and Yamuna River increased in in UP's Prayagraj and low lying areas submerged post it.
Low lying areas of Sangam submerged in Prayagraj after water-level of Ganga River and Yamuna River increased.
At least 55 houses were washed away due to erosion in river Ganga in West Bengal's Malda district, an official said on Monday.
Swami Sanand was forcibly shifted to the AIIMS hospital from his Matri Sadan ashram on Wednesday after his health deteriorated significantly after he stopped drinking water.
He described river Ganga as our "culture, heritage and identity" and hoped that people will come forward to help the government in this endeavour of theirs.
To a separate query, he said an 11-member committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of A B Pandya, former chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC), to address the issue of flood and siltation in Bihar.
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