With the Kerala government banning endosulfan, the officials resorted to dumping the stocked endosulfan in a 60 ft pit in a cashew plantation near Karnoor in border area of Karnataka.
This fuelled a sense anxiety among the local residents who feared that fatal content of the bottles would leak and seep into the water stream and create added havoc in the region.
The matter was published in newspapers and social activist Ravindra Shanbhogue too met Minister U T Khader and appraised him about the same. Following a request from Mr Shanbhogue for action in this regard, Mr Khader visited the spot and inspected the area and held talks with the local leaders too. He also visited the houses of several victims and collected information from them.
“I will try my level best to hold talks with Kerala and Karnataka Government and find a solution,” said Mr Khader.
Karnoor Abdul Khader and others informed the Minister that due to the action of certain officials of Kerala, the local residents are scared of evening drinking water from the wells.
The local residents said that earlier endosulfan was administered to plantations using hand pumps. Later on they sprayed the fatal solution using helicopters. After a major havoc was caused Kerala government banned the same. After the ban, the officials have dumped the left over medicines in wells and pits in high altitude areas, unleashing fear in the region.
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