Doctors at Kasaragod General Hospital protest, go on mass casual leave
A day after a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, Prajitha, a suspected victim of endosulfan spraying, died allegedly after she failed to get timely medical care at the General Hospital here, the doctors at the hospital went on mass casual leave on Friday in protest against the move to suspend a paediatrician in connection with the
Karwar: Until now, endosulfan was the scourge of Dakshina Kannada. Now, even as a debate rages over a ban on this chemical pesticide, fresh cases are surfacing in Uttara Kannada district.
Even when the Government and the people of Kerala are engaged in efforts to get all possible help for the victims of Endosulfan in Kasaragod, a three-year-old pesticide-affected girl died on Thursday allegedly after being denied treatment at a Government hospital.
Chennai: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday said the government would constitute an expert committee to advise the State on the ban of endosulfan.
As a first step towards making the farm sector free of chemical pesticides and putting the State on the path towards total organic farming, Kerala on Wednesday decided to ban the sale and use of all highly hazardous pesticides carrying red label, including the widely used Furadan.
KASARAGOD: P. Karunanakaran, MP, has set aside Rs.1 crore from his local area development fund to address the problems faced by the families affected by the aerial spraying of the pesticide in Kasaragod district. The fund will be handed over to the District Collector.
The ill-effects of endosulfan are beginning to unravel in Bhatkal taluk, close on the heels of similar instances in Kasargod of Kerala and many parts of Dakshina Kannada.
The ill-effects of the pesticide sprayed in cashew plantations have disabled a number of people in several villages of the taluk.
Endosulfan is being used in hundreds of acres of plantations of the Karnataka Cashew Developm
KOCHI: The student community voiced their protest against the use of Endosulfan pesticide here on Monday.
Several youngsters participated in a dharna held in front of the Gandhi Bhavan near Kacheripady here in the morning. They raised slogans against those advocating the use of the harmful pesticide.
