Mothers of endosulfan victims and other protesters blocked the National Highway near the new bus station here on Monday, intensifying an agitation demanding the implementation of a rehabilitation package for those affected by the pesticide. Activists continued their fast that started on February 18, and the health of Subhash Cheemeni and P. Krishnan continued to deteriorate. Doctors from General Hospital examined them, but they refused to get admitted to the hospital. Inaugurating the road blockade, Muneesa, who lost vision from the impact of endosulfan, criticised the move to suspend the relief and rehabilitation measures. She said any compensation, even the Rs. 5 lakh recommended by the recommended by the National Human Rights Commission for the bedridden and the families of those who died from diseases caused by the pesticide, would in no way mitigate the agony of hundreds of victims. “In such a grim scene, it is not clear why the government is insisting on suspending the relief measures after five years,” she said. The protesters criticised the government for going slow on paying the compensation and trying to remove the names of many victims from the list of those eligible. They urged the government to conduct medical camps for critically ill patients living outside the 11 worst-affected panchayats in the district.