THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Health Department has decided to roll out a comprehensive health package in Kasargod district for helping Endosulfan victims.
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 the farming sector should be analysed in other parts of the country also.
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 and the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, urging the Centre to declare
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 S Achuthanandan told the media that the state would launch a special package for the families
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 Collectorate. It was inaugurated by Leela Kumari Amma.
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 discussing the issue.
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 across the State.
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 of Kerala.
