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Call for total ban on Endosulfan

Asks Centre to join international consensus

NFIW members stage protest in New Delhi

The non-governmental organisation ToxicsWatch Alliance (TWA) has urged the Centre to ban the pesticide Endosulfan immediately.

Indiscriminate use of the chemical in cashew plantations in Kasaragod district and adjoining areas for several years has reportedly caused side-effects, in alarming proportions, to the local people, leaving many with deformities and genetic disorders. The issue has triggered a series of agitations by NGOs and political parties.

TWA convener Gopal Krishna, in a petition to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday, recalled the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in December 2010 suggesting a total ban on the pesticide.

“I urge you to resist the unethical and immoral influence of Endosulfan manufacturers and protect the health of present and future generations by approving and endorsing a ban on Endosulfan,” Mr. Krishna said adding the Indian government should take a clear-cut stand on banning it in the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Geneva from April 25 to 29.

The NHRC had asked the Centre to “join the international consensus at the Geneva meeting and permit the listing of Endosulfan as an Annexe A chemical,” he said.

Protest

Meanwhile, members of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW), led by its general secretary Annie Raja, staged a protest in front of Krishi Bhawan (Agriculture ministry) here on Wednesday demanding a ban on Endosulfan. The NFIW alleged that the Agriculture Ministry was safeguarding the profit motives of companies including multinational ones at the expense of the life of the people. A few students of Delhi University joined the stir.