India's Holiest River Was Dumping Ground for Dead During Second COVID Wave, Ganga Mission Chief Says

Around 2,000 corpses were found either floating or buried on the banks of the Ganges (Ganga) River in India in May 2021 when the country was hit by the devastating second wave of coronavirus. It is believed that most of the bodies belonged to COVID-19 victims, as many Indian cities ran out of the capacity to cremate them.