Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baiju K G & Others Vs Dr. V P Joy dated 18/08/2022. The matter related to medical and healthcare facilities available for the Endosulfan affected areas of Kasargod. The counsel representing the victims of Endosulfan (petitioners) submit that there …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baiju K G & Others Vs Dr. V P Joy dated 18/08/2022. The matter related to medical and healthcare facilities available for the Endosulfan affected areas of Kasargod. The counsel representing the victims of Endosulfan (petitioners) submit that there …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Remya P. Vs Dr K M Abraham dated 03/07/2019 regarding compensation for individuals affected by endosulfan. The contempt proceedings have been initiated for non-payment of the compensation of Rupees five lakhs in pursuance of the order of this Court …
The State government on Wednesday informed the Kerala High Court that the Kasaragod District Collector had already initiated steps for identifying the real victims of endosulfan and excluding the ineligible persons included on the list of beneficiaries of a compensation scheme meant for the victims. The government said it had …
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking central assistance for providing compensation to endosulfan victims. Vijayan has demanded that the Centre should bear 50% of cost as the order for compensation was issued by national human rights commission. As per the decision taken by …
Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis said on Thursday that the district administration had identified five acres of land at Senapura village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district for setting up a Permanent Rehabilitation Centre for those affected by endosulfan. She was chairing a meeting of the District Endosulfan Affected Persons …
Payment of compensation to endosulfan victims Despite the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) recommendation to the State in December, 2010 to provide compensation to endosulfan victims, over 3,000 persons who are in the official list have not received any payment so far. Of the 5,848 victims who found place in …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Democratic Youth Federation of India Vs Union of India & Others regarding endosulfan poisoning in Kerala. Supreme Court of India directs the concerned state governments to release the entire undisbursed payment of compensation, quantified as Rs.5 lakhs each, to …
This paper outlines PAN Asia Pacific’s concern about the impact of hazardous pesticides on children, and the need for greatly improved global governance of pesticides post 2020, to protect the rights of children and to meet the Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030.
Penguin India on Monday announced that it has acquired Sunita Narains "Conflicts of Interest: My Journey through Indias Green Movement", a personal account of one of Indias foremost environmentalist experts. In the book, she talks about how corporate lobbies and political interests often scuttle effective resolution of environmental issues as …
Among the 260 pesticides in use in India, 56 are carcinogenic and banned in other countries. Of them, 20 clearly harm children causing leukaemia or blood cancer, yet it escapes from the Indian government list of banned pesticides. Statistics indicate that about 50,000 children in Kerala alone are affected by …
Thiruvananthapuram: The government will examine the need to conduct a comprehensive study in the Endosulfan-affected areas in the state, especially Kasaragod district, covering aspects including the changes the residues of the toxic pesticide might have made in the soil structure. The need for such a study was said by chief …
AHMEDABAD: The Centre for Environment Education (CEE) on Friday organized a seminar on hazardous industrial waste. During the seminar, experts pointed out that over the past two years, Ahmedabad has already witnessed a number of deaths by toxic gases from illegally dumped industrial waste. Moreover, groundwater contamination has also taken …
Putting health and ecology at risk, highly toxic pesticides, including endosulfan, are allegedly being used extensively by farmers in the district cashing in on the poor monitoring system of the agriculture department and other law enforcing agencies. “Endosulfan and other banned pesticides smuggled to the district through the inter-state check …
Samithy to hold talks with Chief Minister While getting ready for another round of parleys with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday, the endosulfan victims of Kasaragod, who have been on a relentless battle to win their legitimate rights, are expecting a palpable government action to redress their woes. Scores …
Victims of Endosulfan pesticide and their family members on Tuesday staged a protest in front of the State secretariat here demanding immediate disbursal of compensation to them. Women and small children were among those who participated in the protest inaugurated by opposition leader V.S. Achuthanandan. The organisers said the Kerala …
Bengaluru: The controversial pesticide endosulfan, widely used by Indian farmers, not only induces male infertility but also exerts damage on the liver and lungs, says a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru who have obtained conclusive evidence from animal studies. Sathees C. Raghavan, associate …
Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan will lead the agitation of the endosulfan viruddha samyuktha samara samithi, who plans to go on an indefinite hunger strike in front of chief minister Oommen Chandy's official residence from January 26. In a statement, Achuthanandan has said that the government had not implemented even …
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has reserved verdict on a batch of petitions seeking a directive to pay compensation to the Endosulfan victims in Kasaragod, who have already been identified. The verdict was reserved by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice K Vinod Chandran. It had …
Notwithstanding the efforts by the district endosulfan relief enforcement committee to sort out issues, the victims from Dakshina Kannada will go ahead with their protest in Bengaluru on Wednesday against delay in payment of monthly stipend from the government. The protest would be staged at the Freedom Park. Earlier, the …
The State government on Monday informed the Kerala High Court that it has been taking earnest efforts for the comprehensive rehabilitation of endosulfan victims in Kasaragod district, which include monetary compensation and health rehabilitation. In an affidavit filed before the High Court, the government pointed out that so far identity …
