Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

BKU to prepare list of corona deaths in villages

- S Raju s.raju@htlive.com

Bharatiya Kisan Union( BKU) leaders and activists will expose the alleged under reporting of Covid-19 deaths in villages by collecting and compiling details of victims.

The state government launched a special drive from May 5 to detect corona cases in villages and claimed to be carrying out adequate testing and treatment.

But BKU leaders alleged that the situation was grim in villages and due to resource crunch, the government was under-reporting corona deaths. BKU’s state spokespers­on Dharnendra Malik said that villagers were fearful and the government had failed to provide facilities of proper testing and treatment. People were suffering from fever and dying in villages and in most of the cases deaths are being under reported, with hapless villagers silently cremating bodies of their dear and near in villages.

Malik said that taking stock of the situation, the BKU had directed its activists in villages across the state to collect details of suspected Covid 19 deaths in their villages and send them to the union. “Union activists and leaders have already started collecting details and hope that lists from villages would be made available in a week or so”, said Malik.

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