Migrant labourer gets stuck in cotton heap, dies of asphyxiation in Khammam

The workers, with the help of a dozer dumped cotton bales at the same place where Madhav was sleeping, leading to his death due to suffocation

Khammam: A migrant labourer died, reportedly of asphyxiation, at a private ginning mill at Goll thanda in Tirumalayapalem mandal of Khammam district.

The labourer, Madhav Satwaji (20) of Maharashtra, was working at Sri Bhagyalakshi Ginning Mill at the thanda for the last few months. Unable to bear the extreme cold, Madhav slept in a heap of cotton at the mills’ warehouse on Tuesday night