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 …
KOCHI: The architect of Green Revolution, M S Swaminathan, has put his weight behind the ban imposed by the Pollution Control Board on use of endosulfan in the state. On the sidelines of the sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning here, Swaminathan said the hazardous aspect of using endosulfan in …
Thiruvananthapuram: The State-wide campaign against the pesticide Endosulfan has received a shot in the arm with over 3,000 students of the Holy Angels Convent Higher Secondary School here pledging their support. Members of the National Green Corps (NGC) Eco Club in the school shot off e-mails to the Prime Minister …
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 …
Kasaragod: Protests against the use of Endosulfan mounted on Monday as the town witnessed a series of marches and meetings by various organisations and parties seeking a complete ban on the pesticide and a comprehensive rehabilitation package for the victims' families. The Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee observed a fast near the …
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 …
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.
KOCHI: A.C. Jose, former MP, said here on Thursday that the State government must and could initiate action against the use of Endosulfan in the State. Instead, it was blaming the Centre for not banning the harmful pesticide that was used mainly in cashew farms owned by the Plantation Corporation …
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: DYFI secretary T.V. Rajesh has asked the government to put an immediate end to use of Endosulfan in the plantations in Idukki. In a statement here on Monday, Mr. Rajesh alleged that Endosulfan was being used in the State under other brand names even after the State government banned …
Rampant use of banned pesticides in fruits and vegetables, which continues to put at risk the life of the common man, forced the Delhi high court to take suo motu cognisance over the matter after going through a media report. A division bench comprising Delhi high court Chief Justice Dipak …
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 …
Enraged:DYFI activists taking out a march in protest against Union Minister for State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas in Kasaragod on Tuesday. Kasaragod: Union Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas' remarks here on Monday that an expert enquiry committee had not attributed any death from mysterious illnesses here to 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 …
A division bench of the Kerala High Court on September 13 admitted a writ petition that sought the constitution of a tribunal to identify endosulfan victims in Kasaragod and paying compensation to them. The writ petition was filed on the same day. The petition filed by T Asaf Ali points …
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 …
