THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State government has sought a Rs.100-crore Central package for rehabilitation of the Endosulfan victims of Kasaragod district, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told the Assembly on Thursday.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala government today renewed its demand for a country wide ban on the use of endosulfan pesticide and wanted the Centre to announce a rehabilitation package to a tune of Rs.100 crores to the persons suffering from the ill-effects of ensulfan in the state.
Replying to a calling attention in the assembly to the problems faced by the people due to the usage of endosulfan in
Kasaragod: A charitable trust has come forward to adopt needy victims of Endosulfan pesticide by taking care of their accommodation, medical treatment and other basic requirements.
Kozhikode: A regional office of the Kerala State Handicapped Persons' Welfare Corporation will be opened in the city soon, Uzhavoor Vijayan, chairman of the Corporation, has said.
At a press conference here on Friday, he said for the welfare of Endosulfan victims, the Corporation would send a three-member delegation to Kasaragod.
The delegation would assess the extent of damage caused by the
Kasaragod: A 35-year old woman who was suffering from cancer died at her Chalingal residence in the district on Wednesday.
Her disease is suspected to have been caused by the spraying of the pesticide Endosulfan in the Plantation Corporation of Kerala's (PCK) cashew estates at Periye here.
Taking a position that was diametrically opposite to that of its Government in the Centre, the Congress in Kerala demanded a nation-wide ban on Endosulfan, the killer pesticide that had caused over 400 deaths and mysterious diseases to more than 9,000 in Kasaragod district.
After a meeting of the executive committee of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, State party president Ramesh Chennith
Exposure to Endosulfan could lead to male infertility, says a study conducted by a doctor in Coimbatore even as reports from Kasaragod indicate that the Kerala Government
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After shifting the MD of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) for filing an affidvait in Kerala High Court which ran contrary to the government's position on the endosulfan issue, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said on Sunday action would be taken against the officials behind it.
"Action would be taken against the officials responsible for preparing the affidavit whi
Bovikkanam (Kasaragod): Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has asked the Union government to announce an effective rehabilitation package for Endosulfan victims. The Centre should announce a rehabilitation package to supplement the assistance rendered by the State.
KASARGOD: CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan alleged here on Thursday that Dr C D Mayee, who was appointed by the Central Government to study the environmental impact and health hazards caused by Endosulfan, was an agent of the pesticide company.
Inaugurating a meeting of farmers organised by the Karshaka Sangham at Bovikkanam, the CPM leader said C D Mayee had given a report favourable to En
