Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the next of kin of a 12-year-old girl, who died after she and her family members walked more than 100-km.
The minor, Jamlo Madkam of Aded village in Bijapur district, along with a group of 12 people from the village, had left for Kanahiguda in Telangana to work on a farm to pick chillies on February 2, district officials said.
They reached Bhandarpal in Usoor block on foot on April 18, said Sunil Mandavi, a relative of the girl.
After having food along with the rest if the group, the girl fell ill and had difficulty in breathing and died , Mandavi said.
Bijapur Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr BR Pujari said after getting information, the district authorities brought the body of girl to the Bijapur district headquarters.
The swab samples from the body of the girl was sent for coronavirus test, and body was kept in a mortuary, Pujari said.
The report was negative, he said and added that a postmortem was carried out.
"Due to walking continuously in summer heat, the girl might have been dehydrated, which led to complications," he said.
"The post-mortem report is awaited, to ascertain the real reason for death."