Uppinangady, March 13: Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag, the chairman of Udupi-based Human Rights Protection Foundation on Sunday urged the central government to ban use of endosulfan, failing which the NGOs will move the Supreme Court.
He was speaking at a meeting held at Alankaru, after meeting the families of the victims of endosulfan and demanded that the Government should impose a ban on the chemical within a month and should also stop its production.
Dr Shanbhag also urged the government to conduct an in-depth study of the villages that have witnessed spraying of endosulfan.
Government should also provide relief and rehabilitation to the affected people, besides providing medical facilities, including door-delivery of medicines and check-up facilities.
If the government fails to fulfill these demands, the agitation will be stepped up, he warned.
The president of Alakaru Anti-Endosulfan committee president Peer Mohammed Saheb presided over the meeting. Kokkada committee president Sridhar Gowda, Puthur consumers' forum activist Sanjiv Gowda, Alankaru GP president Keshav Gowda, Perabe GP president Gangaratna Vasanth, Alankaru committee secretary Jayakar Poojary, among others, were present.
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