Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Centre, Makers Get Two Days To File Reply New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the Union government and pesticide manufacturers two days to present cogent grounds to convince it against slapping an interim countrywide ban on the production of the widely used toxic pest killer endosulfan. An SC bench …
Bill for independent regulatory authority in monsoon session of Parliament The Central government is set to form an independent regulatory authority, which will be responsible for nuclear safety and enforcement of safety standards. A bill to that effect will be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament this year, Union …
KASARAGOD: A two-year-old girl, a suspected victim of endosulfan spraying in the district, was admitted to the General Hospital here on Tuesday after her health deteriorated, hospital sources said. Fathima Safana, daughter of Mohammed Shafi and Rukhiya, residents of Goliadka, near Badiyadka, which has a sizeable number of suspected victims, …
Doctors at Kasaragod General Hospital protest, go on mass casual leave A day after a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, Prajitha, a suspected victim of endosulfan spraying, died allegedly after she failed to get timely medical care at the General Hospital here, the doctors at the hospital went on mass casual leave on …
Even when the Government and the people of Kerala are engaged in efforts to get all possible help for the victims of Endosulfan in Kasaragod, a three-year-old pesticide-affected girl died on Thursday allegedly after being denied treatment at a Government hospital. Also, the pediatrician of the hospital was accused of …
Chennai: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday said the government would constitute an expert committee to advise the State on the ban of endosulfan. In a statement, he said the scientists were of the opinion that the toxicity of endosulfan was lesser in the State due to higher temperatures compared …
As a first step towards making the farm sector free of chemical pesticides and putting the State on the path towards total organic farming, Kerala on Wednesday decided to ban the sale and use of all highly hazardous pesticides carrying red label, including the widely used Furadan. The ban would …
Conference convened by Agriculture Minister Red category pesticides on ban list, Order likely to be issued in a day or two Thiruvananthapuram A high-level conference of officials and researchers, convened by Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran here on Wednesday, decided to ban several red category pesticides and introduce restrictions on the …
KASARAGOD: P. Karunanakaran, MP, has set aside Rs.1 crore from his local area development fund to address the problems faced by the families affected by the aerial spraying of the pesticide in Kasaragod district. The fund will be handed over to the District Collector. Basic infrastructure The money will be …
The ill-effects of endosulfan are beginning to unravel in Bhatkal taluk, close on the heels of similar instances in Kasargod of Kerala and many parts of Dakshina Kannada. The ill-effects of the pesticide sprayed in cashew plantations have disabled a number of people in several villages of the taluk. Endosulfan …
The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala to press for a total ban on production, sale and use of Endosulfan in the country was total and peaceful. The hartal hit normal life across the State with vehicles, barring two-wheelers and a few four-wheelers, staying …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A rapid assessment of the effects of Endosulfan on cashew plantations, ecology, biodiversity and the people in Kasaragod, conducted by V.S. Vijayan of Salim Ali Foundation, has surmised that the human sufferings and loss of biodiversity caused by the aerial spraying of Endosulfan by the State-owned Plantation Corporation of …
While it is still not ready to ban it in the immediate future, India has decided to agree to a global phase-out of the controversial chemical endosulfan, a common pesticide, over the next 11 years. The decision to phase out endosulfan is being discussed at the fifth Conference of Parties …
A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a directive to the Centre to impose all-India ban on Endosulfan. The petitioner, Democratic Youth Federation of India, in its petition said it was constrained to approach the Supreme Court in compelling circumstances wherein the valuable life of a …
Coincides with Conference of Parties to Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan went on a seven-hour fast at the Martyrs' Column here on Monday demanding a ban on Endosulfan and seeking Central assistance for the victims of the pesticide. About 500 people from different walks …
