Jharkhand-bound worker dies after walking for 100km

BELAGAVI: A 46-year-old migrant worker from Jharkhand, who decided to reach home by foot, collapsed and died after walking for 100kms on Thursday.
The deceased, Babulal Singh, and 10 other workers started their journey from Khanapur on Tuesday morning. Singh collapsed after the group reached Chikkodi checkpost, which is 100km away from Khanapur. With no money in hand and public transport shut due to the nationwide lockdown, the Jharkhand-bound workers had planned to cover a distance of over 1,700km by walking and hitchhiking on goods vehicles.
Though police and locals rushed Singh to a nearby government hospital, he didn’t respond to the treatment. According to sources, he died due to exhaustion. Sources said all the 11 workers were working for Mumbai-Goa National Highway upgradation project. The police have filed an unnatural death report (UDR) case and have alerted the family members in Jharkhand.
“Babulal Singh and other workers were found walking near the checkpost. After Singh collapsed, he was taken to a hospital in Chikkodi for treatment and others were also screened. The workers were staying at VIPL Company shelter and not in government facility,” superintendent of police Laxman Nimbargi said.