The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed a plea searching for a course to the federal government to cremate and cremate the our bodies buried close to the Ganga at varied ghats in Prayagraj.
A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Prakash Padia noticed that after contemplating the petition, they have been of the view that “the petitioner has not done much research work with regard to the rites and customs which are prevalent among the different communities living together”. Beaches are prevalent. On the banks of river Ganges”.
The courtroom declined to entertain the petition and allowed the petitioner to withdraw it “with the liberty to file a fresh petition after making inquiries and research regarding the practice of funeral rites in various communities residing on the banks of the Ganges”. .
The petition, filed by advocate Pravesh, had additionally sought a course to the state “to stop/bury the dead bodies near the holy river Ganga”.
Last month, decomposed our bodies have been discovered floating on the banks of the Ganges in a number of districts together with Ghazipur, Prayagraj and Ballia, prompting worry amongst locals that the our bodies have been of those that died of Covid-19.
However, the federal government had attributed the our bodies discovered within the river to a ritual adopted by some communities, through which the our bodies are thrown into the river. After the our bodies have been discovered, the state authorities had despatched directions to the district administration and police to make sure that the our bodies weren’t thrown into the river after dying and funds have been launched for cremation of individuals from poor households.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
