AHMEDABAD: A middle-aged man who had come to the collectorate for some work, collapsed and died outside it in the Subhash Bridge area on Friday afternoon. While a postmortem report will reveal the cause of death, it is believed he died after suffering a heart attack.
Manish Joshi
, in his 40s, collapsed near a tea stall outside the collectorate building in the afternoon. His friends said he had gone to the collectorate to get an income certificate so that he could avail of benefits under the
Mukhyamantri Amrutam
(MA) scheme of the state government.
“The family’s financial condition was not very sound and he had gone to get an MA card. He collapsed there due to a heart attack and died,” said his friend
Dipak Patel, who lives in the D-Cabin area of
Sabarmati. Joshi is survived by his wife and two children, a son and a daughter, Patel said.
An advocate present at the spot said the collectorate should make arrangements for visitors to get some shade and even fans.
“People stand in a queue to get forms and other work. Fans and shade should be provided,” said the advocate, asked not want to be named.