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Ranveer Singh, a 39-year-old delivery boy, died of a heart attack, triggered possibly due to exhaustion after walking for over 200 kilometres.
According to a report in The Times of India, Ranveer was on his way to Badfra, his native village near Agra, when he collapsed near Kailash Mod on NH-2. He is survived by three children and his wife.
On Saturday , Ranveer Singh , a migrant from Madhya Pradesh who worked as a delivery boy in Delhi , died on the highway near Agra , 80 kms before his village . Ranveer died of a heart attack . He collapsed on the road – he had walked about 200 kms from delhi before he died … pic.twitter.com/jXy22m1rQg
— Alok Pandey (@alok_pandey) March 29, 2020
According to the police, Sanjay Gupta, a local hardware store owner rushed to Ranveer’s aid when he collapsed. He was given water and some biscuits. Ranveer had also spoken to his brother, Sonu Singh, describing his condition (he had complained of chest pain).
“Ranveer left for his native village on foot. It’s likely that exhaustion of 200km walk might have triggered chest pain. However, before his death the victim had claimed that for certain distance he had taken a lift in a truck. On the entire NH-2 tretch, UP policemen were present with food packets and water for such persons, but Ranveer’s death is unfortunate.”–Arvind Kumar, station house officer.
The issue has raked up a great deal of attention on Twitter, and thrown the spotlight on labourers walking great distances to their hometowns, while the government’s lack of planning grows more obvious.
The issue has raked up a great deal of attention on Twitter, and thrown the spotlight on labourers walking great distances to their hometowns, while the government’s lack of planning grows more obvious.
— Neeraj Ghaywan (@ghaywan) March 28, 2020
The long walk… @sifydotcom cartoon pic.twitter.com/NNDXdTD2ZM
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) March 28, 2020
Since the government had stopped public transport, along with all delivery services, Ranveer was out of options, money and a job. He had begun walking at 3am the day before he died. While the post-mortem revealed that he succumbed to a heart attack, it is believed that exhaustion due to the long walk might have triggered a pre-existing condition.
