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 …
Endosulfan manufacturers formulators and welfare association (EMFWA) filed an amendment application on March 22 in the Bangalore High Court rubbishing the argument put forth by the Karnataka government to ban endosulfan in the state. Related Articles • Another Kasaragod • State of endosulfan • Endosulfan sufferers don't count • Centre …
It has been more than a dozen years since health professionals in north Kerala started noticing unusual health disorders in the tracts where there had been aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan on cashew plantations. Surveys, studies and countless media reports have brought out the burden of endosulfan. The Government …
As the demand for a ban on endosulfan in India is gaining pitch, the pesticide associations are leaving no opportunity to vilify CSE for saving their US $ 100m market. CSE responds with the facts and a detailed chronology of events. As the demand for a ban on Endosulfan in …
Endosulfan poisoning in Kasaragod district has made the Kerala government cautious in its approach to use of pesticides. Agriculture minister M Retnakaran recently announced that the ban on extremely and moderately hazardous pesticides in Kasaragod will be extended to Idukki district. The news augurs well for Idukki, known for its …
Farmers at large have found endosulfan does not harm pollinators. THE HINDU Farmers at large have found endosulfan does not harm pollinators. February 9, 2011: Strange is the interplay of money power, business interests and NGO politics. In most cases, farmers turn out to be victims. A recent notification of …
The city-based NGO Thanal has dismissed allegations raised by the Pesticide Manufacturers and Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) that Thanal had been receiving funds from European Union to run media campaign against endosulphan as absolutely baseless. ''This is just part of an orchestrated move to create media hype before the …
MUMBAI: Pesticide Manufacturers and Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) has alleged that Thanal, an NGO working in Kerala, and the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), based in New Delhi, have been using funds pumped by the European Union (EU) for running false media campaign in Kerala against the Endosulfan …
Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media spotlight and Kerala banned the pesticide, victims in Karnataka are still struggling for recognition.
Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in December announced that his government would consider banning endosulfan. The highly toxic pesticide is banned in over 70 countries. The assurance has come too late and is too little for the hundreds of people in Dakshina Kannada district, like Santosh Menzes, who are …
Kanhangad: The Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee would launch an indefinite hunger strike from February 19, raising demands like distribution of Plantation Corporation of Kerala's land to pesticide victims, rehabilitation of victims' families and writing off of their loans, among other things, its district convenor A. Kunhikrishnan said. Statement flayed He added …
Evidence is piling up showing the aerial spraying of Endosulfan in Kasaragod district by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala not only caused deleterious health effects but also impoverished the local population. The State-owned Corporation is yet to offer any relief, though it has agreed to follow government directive in respect …
A survey done by Kerala government in October shows 2,210 people from 11 gram panchayats in Kasaragod are affected by endosulfan. But the muted figure did not go down well with activists fighting for endosulfan victims as the survey was done in three-four days and covered only a part of …
NARAYANA Vokalliga from Belur village in Kasaragod breathed his last on November 20 just as his son was explaining how his father had suffered from exposure to endosulfan for 30 years. The former employee of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala used to spray the toxic pesticide manually in the corporation’s …
A 45-year-old man, undergoing prolonged treatment for mysterious diseases suspected to have been caused by the aerial spraying of Endosulfan in the cashew estates of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala in the district died at a hospital in Mangalore. Alex Monthera, a resident of Kajampadi near Perla, where the pesticide …
Rights panel submits recommendations to government THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has urged the State government to distribute the uncultivated land in the custody of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) to the families of the individuals affected by Endosulfan toxicity in Kasaragod district. The commission also recommended …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health Minister P K Sreemathi said that the State Government had entrusted the District Medical Officer to ensure medicines and medical equipment for Endosulfan victims in Kasargod district. While making a statement under Rule 300 in the Assembly on Monday, the Minister said that a physiotherapy unit was being …
After a long and herculean struggle, the people of Kasaragod district succeeded in getting the Kerala government to ban the deadly pesticide Endosulfan. In the meantime, 400 lives have been lost according to government figures, hundreds have been maimed and a much greater number are bedridden.So imagine our surprise when …
Kerala government has been pressing the Centre to impose a country-wide ban on endosulfan. But its own track reocrd hasn't been impressive. The ban on endosulfan in Kerala has proved ineffective and the pesticide is being smuggled in the state. A recent survey shows more children are falling victim, Down …
It is called the mango city. But of late, Muthalamada panchayat in Kerala’s Palakkad district has gained notoriety for excessive use of endosulfan in its mango orchards. Its effect is showing on people living there. When seven-year-old Sharanya was born, her parents Rukmini and Chandran were relieved the baby was …
In 2001, taking cognizance of reports in the media that the aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan in the District of Kasaragod in Kerala had led to severe health hazards, the Commission asked the Indian Council of Medical Research for a report which was submitted in July, 2002 by one …
