Flooding forces Ganges to give up its coronavirus dead - Newspaper
Families in India’s north and east gave up the bodies of their loved ones to the river or buried them in shallow graves on its banks. — Reuters ALLAHABAD: Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently down the holy Ganges river, a reminder of how India’s ferocious coronavirus wave overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. Families in India’s north and east gave up the bodies of their loved ones to the river or buried them in shallow graves on its banks, unable to afford the cost of funeral pyres at the height of the outbreak in April and May.