After dead bodies of suspected Covid patients were found in the Ganga River, the sale of river fish has dipped in Bihar’s Patna. A customer said, “Before buying any fish we ask the fisherman where did they bring these fishes from. Ganga water is not clean these days and dead bodies are floating in the river. That's why we are not eating fishes bought from Ganga.”

Fishermen and sellers are staring at losses. A fisherman said, “So far we have lost Rs 50,000. For the last 15 days, the sales have been reduced. No one is buying fishes because of fear. We demand from the government to increase the time for selling fish and also provide us some benefit so that we can run our family.” The fishermen have requested the government for some aid.