New Delhi, May 4 -- Newspapers and News channels reported on Tuesday, April 21, a heart wrenching story of a 12 year old girl, Jamalo Madkam, who walked for over three days, covering nearly 100 km and died barely 11 km short of her home in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. She was one among the 13 daily wage workers who left Telangana to their home state, Chhattisgarh. According to a report in Indian Express, the 12-year-old girl died on April 18 due to electrolyte imbalance and exhaustion.
Many among Chhattisgarh's tribal population go every year to farms in Telangana to earn money by picking chillies. Jamalo Madkam was one among the tribals who had gone to Telangana for earning some money through daily wage labour. When the Prime Ministe...