Banners put up to block view of cremation site in UP’s Gorakhpur, removed after photos go viral Banners put up to block view of cremation site in UP’s Gorakhpur, removed after photos go viral With photos from UP showing mass funeral pyres going viral on social media platforms, the Gorakhpur civic body covered a site with banners, warning people not to take videos of cremations. The banners, however, disappeared overnight after people accused the authorities of trying to hide the truth. advertisement Banners seen outside a crematorium site in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur. Uttar Pradesh is presently battling a deadly second wave of Covid-19 with the state seeing over 300 deaths and 30,000 fresh on Saturday. People and politicians have flagged the shortage in oxygen supplies, hospital beds and other essentials in the state.