Endosulfan victims write to NHRC
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10/12/2012
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Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
The ongoing agitation seeking swift relief and rehabilitation package for the hundreds of endosulfan victims has taken a curious turn with the victims and their families in the district sending letters to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking its intervention.
While several affected family members residing in remote villages sent the letters to the NHRC in their respective post offices, quite a few families under the aegis of Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnai staged a march to the General Post Office here on Human Rights Day on Monday and sent individual letters to the NHRC.
In their letter, the family members resented the State government moves to suspend the ongoing relief and rehabilitation package in five years and urged the NHRC to direct the government to extend the package to all the deserving victims and their families without further delay. Muneesa Ambalathara, an endosulfan victim, inaugurated the programme by
posting at the GPO. Social worker and the anti-endosulfan campaign committee former chairman Narayanan Periya, and several social activists spoke.