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 …
State has sought Rs.100 crore for rehabilitation VS flays Central decision for another study THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State government has sought a Rs.100-crore Central package for rehabilitation of the Endosulfan victims of Kasaragod district, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told the Assembly on Thursday. Responding to a call attention motion from C.H. …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala government today renewed its demand for a country wide ban on the use of endosulfan pesticide and wanted the Centre to announce a rehabilitation package to a tune of Rs.100 crores to the persons suffering from the ill-effects of ensulfan in the state. Replying to a calling attention …
Dwelling unit for victims to come up on one acre Kasaragod: A charitable trust has come forward to adopt needy victims of Endosulfan pesticide by taking care of their accommodation, medical treatment and other basic requirements.
Kozhikode: A regional office of the Kerala State Handicapped Persons' Welfare Corporation will be opened in the city soon, Uzhavoor Vijayan, chairman of the Corporation, has said. At a press conference here on Friday, he said for the welfare of Endosulfan victims, the Corporation would send a three-member delegation to …
Kasaragod: A 35-year old woman who was suffering from cancer died at her Chalingal residence in the district on Wednesday. Her disease is suspected to have been caused by the spraying of the pesticide Endosulfan in the Plantation Corporation of Kerala's (PCK) cashew estates at Periye here. K. Karthiayani, who …
Taking a position that was diametrically opposite to that of its Government in the Centre, the Congress in Kerala demanded a nation-wide ban on Endosulfan, the killer pesticide that had caused over 400 deaths and mysterious diseases to more than 9,000 in Kasaragod district. After a meeting of the executive …
CHIEF minister of Kerala V S Achuthanandan on November 23 announced a relief package for the victims of endosulfan in Kasaragod district. The package includes free ration, pension, a loan waiver, housing and drinking water supply, rehabilitation, training and employment for the 2,210 victims of endosulfan exposure. At a high-level …
Exposure to Endosulfan could lead to male infertility, says a study conducted by a doctor in Coimbatore even as reports from Kasaragod indicate that the Kerala Government
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After shifting the MD of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) for filing an affidvait in Kerala High Court which ran contrary to the government's position on the endosulfan issue, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said on Sunday action would be taken against the officials behind it. "Action would …
Bovikkanam (Kasaragod): Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has asked the Union government to announce an effective rehabilitation package for Endosulfan victims. The Centre should announce a rehabilitation package to supplement the assistance rendered by the State. It should also set up a modern hospital in the …
KASARGOD: CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan alleged here on Thursday that Dr C D Mayee, who was appointed by the Central Government to study the environmental impact and health hazards caused by Endosulfan, was an agent of the pesticide company. Inaugurating a meeting of farmers organised by the Karshaka Sangham …
Kasaragod: As many as 142 people will be recruited on a temporary basis in government hospitals in the Endosulfan-affected areas in the district to provide immediate relief to the victims. The recruitments will be made giving preference to those in the State Public Service Commission list. It has been decided …
Rules flouted during spraying: green activist Says there is no need for further studies on the issue Should be treated just like Bhopal gas tragedy: KSSP Kanhangad: A. Achuthan, former chairman of an Endosulfan study panel, has squarely blamed the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) for flouting all rules and …
Thrissur: Artistes, poets and theatre personalities in the State will get together at Kasaragod on December 1 to express solidarity with the victims of Endosulfan. Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi chairman Mukesh told reporters here on Monday that the artistes would call on the hapless villagers in Kasaragod district, who are …
The living victims of pesticide Endosulfan and their relatives are feeling that they are being betrayed by the Central Government and the politicians in Kerala even as environmentalists are accusing the Union Government of hiding facts with respect to the demand to ban the killer pesticide on the national level. …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Health Department has decided to roll out a comprehensive health package in Kasargod district for helping Endosulfan victims. The package, to be launched on December 15, consists of setting up speciality clinics in 11 panchayats, deployment of more specialist doctors, launching of ambulance services, setting up of …
The Kerala government has decided to seek an aid of Rs 100 crore from the Union government for the rehabilitation of the people affected by the aerial spraying of endosulfan at a state-owned cashew plantation in the northern district of Kasargod. After the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Chief Minister V …
Minister has proposed a study by an inter-disciplinary team THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government of Kerala is taking an ambivalent stand on further studies on the effects of Endosulfan on human population even as Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh is likely to arrive here this month for …
Pollution Control Board issues notification banning the insecticide THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Responding to a public outcry over the disastrous consequences of the use of Endosulfan in different parts of the State, particularly in villages of Kasaragod district, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has banned the use of the dreaded insecticide …
