NHRC notice to Centre, Bihar & UP govts over bodies floating in Ganga

The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Centre, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar government over the dead bodies found floating in Ganga. The human rights body has demanded for an action-taken report in 4 weeks.  ‘The practice of disposal of dead bodies in our sacred river Ganga is clearly in violation of guidelines of the National Mission for Clean Ganga project’, the NHRC noted. The commission observed that the public authorities seem to have failed to make concentric efforts in educating the masses and checking the immersion of half-burnt or unburnt dead bodies into the River Ganga.