In a heart-wrenching incident, a 45-year-old migrant worker from Rajasthan, collapsed and died after walking 30 km from his residence to catch a Shramik Special train near the Vasai Road railway station, an official said on Friday.
The incident took place on Thursday evening and the deceased was identified as Harish Chander Shankarlal, a resident of Bhayander in adjoining Thane district, he said.
Shankarlal, a carpenter by profession, was working at a construction site and was without a job due to the lockdown, he said.
Shankarlal ran and walked on Thursday afternoon on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in scorching heat to reach the station as he was left with no money to hire an autorickshaw or any other private vehicle, he said.
The migrant labourer felt uneasy and collapsed near the station out of exhaustion, the official said, adding he also vomitted.
The Manikpur police took him to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead before admission, he said.