Youth dies of sunstroke

Bargarh: A twenty five-year-old youth died of sunstroke at Balenpali village near Rampur in this districtThursday. He was Akshay Sethy of the same village. Sethy was engaged in harvesting his paddy during the day under the hot sun. After work, he returned home, but soon experienced uneasiness and fell unconscious. Family members took him to the Barpali government hospital, where he breathed his last. Necessary compensation will be provided to the deceased’s family after confirming the cause of the death, officials said.