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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.
Under the Kerala Social Security Mission's Sneha Santhwanam scheme, a monthly pension of Rs 2,200 is given to endosulfan survivors.
Mothers of endosulfan survivors share hardship and humiliation they face because Kerala government fails to disburse pension on time
The endosulfan poisoning of residents of 15 villages in Kasaragod district was caused by prolonged aerial spraying of the pesticide since 1976 in cashew plantations owned by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala
Scores of children born with physical and intellectual disabilities denied free-of-cost specialty care, pension, compensation given to endosulfan victims.
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