The Dakshina Kannada district administration will kick-start the process of issuing identity cards to victims affected by alleged endosulfan poisoning from Saturday.
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.
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
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.
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 (NH
A day after the Justice Ramachandran Nair Committee submitted its report on the endosulfan issue, outrage has erupted from various quarters in the state.
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The state-appointed three-member expert committee on endosulfan issue has recommended constitution of a single-member tribunal and relief fund for endosulfan victims in Kasaragod.
The case of Dr Savita Halappanavar, who died in Ireland following pregnancy complications, was referred to in the council on Monday during the debate on the ill-effects of endosulfan in the coastal
The Endosulfan Peedhitha Janakeeya Munnani (EPJM) will convene a ‘Jagratha’ (Vigil) convention here on Friday to urge the authorities concerned to implement the promised package in a time-bound manner to the affected families of endosulfan victims..
The meeting will be inaugurated by poet and green activist Sugatha Kumari at the Municipal Conference hall at 10 a.m. on Friday, EPJM convener Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan told a press conference here on Wednesday.
