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 …
Kerala state pollution Control Board has banned the use of the dreaded insecticide across the state. This notification by State Pollution Control Board on the ban on use of endosulfan in Kerala.
INDIA failed Kasaragod again. Despite letters to the Centre from Kerala chief minister and forest minister pleading that India support the global ban on endosulfan, industry lobbyists continue to hold sway at international forums. In 2003, several families in Kasaragod district of Kerala were found victims of aerial spraying of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Union Minister of State for Agriculture K. V. Thomas' statement that studies had not shown any links between Endosulfan and health problems affecting the population of 11 villages of Kasaragod district had drawn criticism from several quarters. Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan said that it was unbecoming of the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a ban on the production and use of Endosulfan. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister said that the sufferings caused by the aerial spraying of the pesticide on the estates of the Plantation …
Pesticide industry body loses defamation case against CSE, twice. The Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI), a pesticide industry body, has twice lost the defamation case it filed against Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. CCFI had been pursuing the case against a study done by CSE highlighting the …
The Chief Secretary, Mr P. Prabhakaran, has been asked to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the reported remark by another top Government official expressing regret over the fate of the Coca-Cola unit at Plachimada in Palakkad. This was announced by the Chief Minister, Mr V. S. Achuthanandan, while briefing newspersons …
The District Planning Committee meet has resolved to construct office buildings with conference halls for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in all Gram Panchayats (GP) and Block Panchayats (BP). Scheme Joint Co-ordinator V Madhusudhanan said that Rs 10 lakh each will be sanctioned to GPs, while Rs …
We analyze tunnel wells (surangams), traditional water harvesting systems, which have been innovated and nurtured by farmers in the Enmakaje panchayat in the state of Kerala in South India for decades. We show how the genesis and design of the indigenous knowledge-based water harvesting systems are shaped by agro-ecological conditions. …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The former Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Shobha Karandlaje, has launched a fresh struggle in her new role as an activist: she spearheads a campaign for a nationwide ban on endosulfan, an organochlorine pesticide, used as an aerial spray on cashew plantations. The …
Thrissur: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Sunday that the Centre will not prohibit the use of Endosulfan as an expert committee that studied health problems allegedly caused by the pesticide did not recommend its ban.
It is not often one sees a king cobra hatching eggs in a human habitat or places where humans frequent. That is why hundreds of people gathered at the rubber plantation of Pappachy at Praiyaram, Panathur in Kasaragod district to see the king cobra sitting peacefully on some eggs the …
KSIDC is in the process of selection of a consultant for carrying out a detailed Techno-Economic Feasi-bility Report and a Detailed Project Report. Mony K. Mathew Kozhikode, Nov. 12 The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) is looking for a consultant to do an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study for …
Anti-pesticide council to meet Prime Minister THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Various environmental groups and activist groups are spearheading a campaign for a total ban on the production and marketing of Endosulfan in India. Their efforts have got a boost with the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants considering a proposal for inclusion of …
Roy Mathew Kasaragod: People exposed to pesticide Endosulfan in Kasaragod district continue to suffer. Despite government promises, official efforts to treat and rehabilitate the victims and protect them from exposure to contaminated soil and water are wanting. While the incidence of children born with neurobehavioural disorders, congenital malformation and other …
The endosulfan tragedy which occurred in Kasaragod district of Kerala, India is now well known. It is considered by many experts in the field of pesticide toxicity as one of the worst pesticide disasters to happen to a region and its people. The tragedy occurred for various reasons, starting with …
This paper attempts to study the impact of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in three Grama Panchayats of Kasaragod District,namely Madikai, Ajanoor and Trikarpur. It also looks into the organizational arrangements for planning and implementation of the scheme. Various institutional aspects in the form of Guidelines, Rules and Regulations …
In the high court of judicature at Bombay criminal writ petition of 2008 on pesticide residues monitoring study analyzing self collected environmental and biota samples from Padre village in Kasargod district of Kerala for endosulfan residues.
