Kasaragod: As many as 142 people will be recruited on a temporary basis in government hospitals in the Endosulfan-affected areas in the district to provide immediate relief to the victims.
The recruitments will be made giving preference to those in the State Public Service Commission list.
It has been decided to post 24 staff nurses, including 12 male nurses, to attend to patients in 12 vehi
Thrissur: Artistes, poets and theatre personalities in the State will get together at Kasaragod on December 1 to express solidarity with the victims of Endosulfan.
Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi chairman Mukesh told reporters here on Monday that the artistes would call on the hapless villagers in Kasaragod district, who are living victims of the rampant use of Endosulfan.
The living victims of pesticide Endosulfan and their relatives are feeling that they are being betrayed by the Central Government and the politicians in Kerala even as environmentalists are accusing the Union Government of hiding facts with respect to the demand to ban the killer pesticide on the national level.
At a high-level meeting held in New Delhi last week, the Union Agriculture Ministry
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Health Department has decided to roll out a comprehensive health package in Kasargod district for helping Endosulfan victims.
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
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.
