Mumbai: 58-year-old woman dies waiting for train token

Mumbai: A 58-year-old woman, who was to board a Shramik special train to UP on Tuesday night died at Suncity ground in Vasai, where migrants gathered since morning. Six trains left Vasai for UP on Tuesday, and till late evening over 10,000 people gathered there.

Vidhotma Sukla, a resident of Nalasopara, reached by auto with her son around 10am.

They were waiting for a token to travel to Jaunpur, to where four trains left on Tuesday. Around 5pm, Vidhotma complained of discomfort and nausea, as she had waited in the sun. She was rushed to Golden Park hospital but was declared dead before arrival, said Manickpur police inspector Rajendra Kamble.

This is the second death of a migrant in less than two weeks.

Sandhya Nair