Environmentalists in the city have urged the state government to take immediate steps to save the life of Mohan Kumar who is on a hunger strike at the High Court Junction demanding a comprehensive compensation package for victims of endosulfan in Kasargod district.
Inaugurating a protest meeting at the High Court junction, environmentalist M K Prasad said the government could not back track from the responsibility of providing protection to the victims. The government should stop ignoring the woes of people of Kasargod who have been living under the threat of this pesticide for the past 40 years. He also urged the government to save the life of Mohan Kumar who is on a hunger strike.
George Bruno presided over the function.
CPI(ML) district secretary C G Biju welcomed the gathering, social activist C R Neelakandan delivered the keynote address.
M B Jayaghosh, Purushan Eloor, P J Manuval, Hashim Chendampilly, Fr Prasanth, M N Giri, Jolly Chirayath, Thushar Nirmal Saradhi, V C Jenny, Eloor Gopinath, Bobby Thomas, Kuruvila Mathew, Sunil Kumar, and representatives of various environment and human rights organisations spoke and announced solidarity to the victims of endosulfan.