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 …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The fight against endosulfan in the state has got encouragement from Malaysia with the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) urging its Indian counterparts to lead the agitation against the pesticide. MTUC general secretary R. Jai Kumar, addressing the INTUC in Thiruvananthapuram, said farm labourers were falling victims to such …
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 …
Kozhikode: The Kerala Catholic Youth Movement (KCYM), Thamarassery diocese, will organise a mass painting and signature campaign in the district on Tuesday to mobilise public support for a speedy ban on Endosulfan. Artists, youth organisation members, priests, nuns and students from various parts of the district will attend the programme, …
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
Kasaragod: The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is in favour of a nationwide ban on the use of Endosulfan pesticide and a representation to this effect has been made to the Union government, its spokesperson M.M. Hassan has said. The recent remarks by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Pinarayi Vijayan …
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: Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran has accused the Union Agriculture Ministry of having an unholy nexus with pesticide manufacturing companies and said it is an injustice to the people. He was speaking to presspersons attending a meeting organised by the Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee at the Government Guest House here on …
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 …
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Monday said it was firm on its stand on banning Endosulfan and would press the Centre to appoint a new head for the proposed expert committee to study the problems related to the use of the pesticide. Addressing a press conference here …
KALPETTA: The former Health Minister K.K. Ramachandran has urged the State government to constitute monitoring committees in the three-tier local bodies to curb the application of pesticides such as Endosulfan. Mr. Ramachandran told mediapersons here on Saturday that though the government had banned the use of Endosulfan in the State, …
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 …
Steps to spread use of IT among all sections of society: VS IT-enabled services: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurating an activity laboratory for autistic children set up by the Kerala State IT Mission in the city on Friday.
Kasaragod: Acclaimed litterateur and environmentalist Sugathakumari, in a passionate appeal, has called for an intensified joint agitation to force the authorities to take tangible action against the use of deadly pesticides like Endosulfan to free younger generation from the scourge of serious health hazards. Despite having stringent rules and regulations, …
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 Union environment ministry has proposed a five member expert committee to study the ill-effects of endosulfan. Union minister of state for environment, Jairam Ramesh, announced the panel after meeting Kerala forest minister Benoy Viswam on November 1. Kerala had pressed the Centre to endorse a global ban on the …
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 …
