30-year-old migrant dies in Wardha

Wardha: A 30-year-old labourer, who was part of a group which left for Jharkhand on foot from Pune, died on reaching Wardha on Sunday morning.
As soon as the incident came to light, the administration has sent swab samples of the deceased and his all other 15 accomplices for testing. All the 15 labourers have been placed in institutional quarantine.
According to sources, the 16 migrant labourers had left Pune for Jharkhand.They were travelling mostly on foot and at times hitchhiking. The group managed to reach Wardha on Saturday evening after travelling nearly 700km. They stopped at the local bus depot for the night. On Sunday morning, health of one of these workers deteriorated.
After learning about the group, the administration took all the workers to the district general hospital for health check-up. As condition of the 30-year-old deteriorated further, he was referred to Kasturba Hospital at Sewagram. However, he breathed his last on way to the hospital. As a precautionary measure, swab samples of the deceased and others have been sent for Covid-19 testing.
Sub-divisional officer Suresh Bagale informed that after health check-up, the remaining workers have been sent to isolation ward.
“Preliminary reports suggest that the worker died of extreme fatigue and exhaustion,” said Bagale. Civil surgeon Dr P Madavi said the worker’s body has been sent for postmortem.
Citing Covid guidelines, the authorities, however, declined to reveal the identity of the deceased.