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 …
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 …
THE timing and the message of the conference could not have been more stark. At a time when the endosulfan problem is in the limelight, sparking calls for a nationwide ban on the pesticide, its manufacturers staged a remarkable feat. They held a three-day conference on rural prosperity at Delhi’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 …
Persons in 11 panchayats of Kasaragod district who have been identified as Endosulfan victims will get enhanced pension and biometric cards for free treatment this month. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will launch the rehabilitation scheme by distributing biometric cards to the affected in Kasaragod on Friday. Under the new scheme, …
Leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy on Monday asked the State government to adopt the families of Endosulfan victims who are leading a prolonged life of misery and trauma, saying that providing mere medical facilities to the affected was not sufficient.
Endosulfan liberally used in cardamom plantations Victim of pesticides:A boy suffering from cerebral palsy near Balagram in Idukki district. His father committed suicide by consuming pesticide. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The perception of threat to human and animal health and well-being in Idukki district, as elsewhere in the State, from the excessive and …
Athul Lal AG THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: Agriculture officers in the state would soon don the role of physicians. In a bid to curtail the indiscriminate use of deadly pesticides, the state government is all set to introduce a new concept whereby farmers will require a prescription from agriculture officers to buy pesticides …
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 …
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 …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The International Union of Foodworkers (IUF), a global federation of trade unions, on Thursday urged India to support the ban on endosulfan. Briefing the media after a three-day Asia-Pacific regional meeting of agricultural and plantation trade unions here, IUF regional secretary Ma Wei Pin urged India to support the …
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 …
