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 …
Children today are sicker than they were a generation ago. The past few decades have seen a rapid rise in the consumption of synthetic pesticides. The world now uses about 2.3 million tonnes of pesticides every year, which is 50 times more than in 1950. The widespread use of pesticides …
The authorities are yet to come up with a clear and effective plan to dispose the remaining stock of 1,600 litres of endosulfan in Kasargod. The stock is now kept in high-density polythene drums and the experts say that it will be safe only for three more years. If not …
Thiruvananthapuram: Endosulfan victims have called off their indefinite strike in front of the official residence of the chief minister following talks their representatives had with a group of ministers led by chief minister Oommen Chandy. The government has promised to provide compensation to all deserving people and to include victims …
Affected to get Rs 1,500 and Rs 3,000 a month based on their disability The High Court on Monday passed an interim order directing the State government to pay a monthly stipend to the identified 6,140 victims affected by the insecticide endosulfan in three districts – Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and …
Observing that measures taken by the State government are insufficient to help the victims of endosulfan in three coastal districts, the Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the government to pay an interim stipend of Rs.1,500 per month for each of those who suffered disability of 25-60 per cent and …
An indefinite sit-in protest by over 50 endosulfan vicitms from Kasaragod, outside Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s official residence, demanding adequate treatment and compensation, entered the second day on Monday. Though there was an assurance from the government that the Chief Minister would speak to the protesters at 12 noon on …
The Dakshina Kannada district administration will kick-start the process of issuing identity cards to victims affected by alleged endosulfan poisoning from Saturday. Deputy commissioner AB Ibrahim said on Wednesday that the process will continue till all the victims get the ID cards. He also said that the district administration will …
Advocate General Ravivarma Kumar submitted to the High Court on Monday that a provision would be made in the next budget to create a ‘relief fund’ for the victims affected by pesticide endosulfan. During the hearing of a suo motu PIL on the plight of people suffering from the ill …
Govt Is Treating It Like Malaria Epidemic: HC Bangalore: Observing that the Rs 20-crore allocation made by the state government towards relief/rehabilitation of endosulfan victims is “just peanuts”, the Karnataka high court on Thursday sought its response on a Rs 500 crore-Rs 600 crore corpus for the 6,000-odd victims. “When …
Anti-endosulfan activists will take out a march from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram today to press for their demands of rehabilitation and financial assistance. The march would be inaugurated later in the evening by ecologist Madhav Gadgil. It would culminate at Shamkhumukham beach here on December 30, Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan, convenor of Endosulfan-affected …
Anti-endosulfan activists will take out a march from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday to press for their demands of rehabilitation and financial assistance. The march would be inaugurated later in the evening by ecologist Madhav Gadgil. It would culminate at Shamkhumukham beach here on December 30, Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan, convenor of …
Government institutions overlook negative impact of highly hazardous pesticides on children's health despite the availability of safer alternatives to pesticides says this new book by Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP). It brings together research from across the world and includes India. Government institutions overlook negative impact …
The legislative council for the welfare of the women and children will strongly recommend the government to implement the financial aid recommended by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to the endosulfan victims and also the families of those who died due to the deadly pesticide, said the council's chairman …
A petition has been moved before the Kerala High Court Registrar for an early posting and hearing of a writ petition seeking rehabilitation, treatment, and welfare of endosulfan victims. The case is pending before the Bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur. In his petition, Kaleeswaram Raj, counsel for the …
A special health scheme will be implemented for endosulfan victims in the district, Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar has said. The scheme, Thejaswini, for which Rs.2.70 crore had been earmarked for 2013-14, envisaged free treatment to patients at primary health centres, community health centres and at houses of bedridden patients in …
The Endosulfan Peedhitha Janakeeya Munnani (EPJM) took out a march to the Nenchanparamba locality in protest against the district administration’s failure to clear the earth used to cover a pit where Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd. had allegedly deposited endosulfan. (EPMJ had wanted PCKL to remove the earth over the …
Out of the 5,500 persons in the list of victims of endosulfan in the state, 2,046 persons have been paid the first installment of compensation as recommended by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the central government has informed the Kerala high court. The central government’s submission was in the form …
The endosulfan rehabilitation cell demanded that the report of the three-member endosulfan panel headed by justice C N Ramachandran Nair should be rejected and a separate tribunal should be set up for the rehabilitation of the endosulfan victims. The opinion against the report carrying recommendations and suggestions for the victims …
Cine actor Suresh Gopi on Wednesday called for liberal assistance to endosulfan victims. The actor was here to hand over the keys of houses built with Rs.6.5 lakh he arranged for two young endosulfan victims at separate functions held at Mayicha near Cheruvathur and Kadinhimoola near Neeleswaram. The actor donated …
The Malabar Eco-cultural Association has demanded that the report submitted by the Commission headed by C. N. Ramachandran Nair that studied the feasibility of setting up a tribunal to compensate the endosulfan victims be rejected in toto . The Kasaragod-based Association said on Sunday that the recommendation of the Commission …
