Implement relief package, says MP
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02/09/2012
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Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
The State government is delaying the implementation of the rehabilitation package for endosulfan victims as directed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), P. Karunakaran, MP, has said.
Talking to mediapersons here on Saturday, Mr. Karunakaran said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy had told him in Thiruvananthapuram on August 26 that a three-member Ministerial team would visit the district to sort out the confusion over the revised list of victims. The date of visit had been fixed as September 18. Any delay in the team’s visit would only aggravate the issue as the mothers of endosulfan victims had called off their 130-day agitation on August 27.
The new list of victims had only 108 names as against the previous list with 4,182 names.
This was done in a haste and without considering the facts. Janu Naik, a victim, had committed suicide on learning that his name had not been included, he said.
The government could have published the revised list adequately early, he said. The first list of victims should have included the names of the 1,200 mentally and 900 physically challenged persons.
The names of those who were totally bed-ridden should also have been included, he said.