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Kanhangad’s Arimala Hospital, found guilty of medical negligence, will in effect have to pay at least ₹19.54 lakh.
The exclusion of nearly 85 per cent of the patients triggered widespread protests across the district.
Around 76 women and their dependents, impacted by the aerial spraying of endosulfan staged protest.
Kasaragod: In the long, agonising fight for justice in the endosulfan-affected villages of Kasaragod, VS Achuthanandan was the first major political leader to take up the cause -- and he laid the foundation for the victims’ legal rights and recognition. Long before the tragedy found a place in
The Endosulfan Cell chaired by Minister for Public Works P A Muhammad Riyas hasn't met since January 8, 2023.
Minister says the government is already burdened by the Rs 453 crore it shelled out to compensate around 6,700 victims last year.
The first phase comprises a clinical psychology block and a consultation and hydrotherapy block.
The order brought out to identify endosulfan victims said endosulfan could persist in the environment for a maximum possible duration of six years.
Officials of Pollution Control Board from the Centre, Kerala and Karnataka collected soil and water samples from the hilly area.
The government now says the persistence of endosulfan in the environment cannot be more than six years. The aerial spraying of the pesticide was stopped on October 25, 2005.
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