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Allahabad: The Uttar Pradesh government has directed district officials, senior police officers and Panchayati Raj officials to ensure that ‘Jal Pravah’, the practice of throwing bodies in river after death, must stop and that funds must be given to poor families to cremate their family members.
The direction comes after scores of bodies were found in several districts along the Ganga, including Ghazipur and Ballia.
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Allahabad: The Uttar Pradesh government has directed district officials, senior police officers and Panchayati Raj officials to ensure that ‘Jal Pravah’, the practice of throwing bodies in river after death, must stop and that funds must be given to poor families to cremate their family members.
The direction comes after scores of bodies were found in several districts along the Ganga, including Ghazipur and Ballia.
In a letter to the officials, state Chief Secretary RK Tiwari has said that the mortal remains of people dying of Covid-19 or other ailments are being thrown into the river.
“At several places bodies have been recovered from rivers.
It must be ensured that bodies are not floating in rivers,” says the letter, copies of which have been sent to divisional commissioners, DMs, and senior police officers in the state.
The letter says that if bodies are found floating in rivers, they must be cremated with respect.
“It is possible that these bodies are infected with Covid.