Thiruvananthapuram, Friday, April 29, 2011: The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the CPI(M)-led LDF in Kerala demanding countrywide ban on the endosulfan pesticide threw life out of gear but passed off peacefully today.
The shut-down, which coincided with the final day of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at Geneva, evoked a total response, reports said adding there were only minor incidents of stone pelting at banks.
As the hartal ended, the Left claimed victory for its anti-endosulfan campaign with the Stokholm Convention adopting a resolution to phase out the toxic pesticide.
LDF has been pressing the Centre to ban endosulfan which had allegedly caused over 400 deaths and serious health problems to nearly 4,000 people in parts of Kasargode in north Kerala, where the pesticide was sprayed in a state-run cashew plantation. Endosulfan was banned in the state in 2005.
Endosulfan: VS welcomes Stockholm convention’s decision
Thiruvananthapuram, Friday, April 29, 2011: Finally the call from Kasargod is heard by the world as the Stockholm convention has decided to ban endosulfan globally and agreed to list endosulfan in Annexure A with exemptions.
As the hartal ended in Kerala, the Left claimed victory for its anti-endosulfan campaign with the Stokholm Convention adopting a resolution to phase out the toxic pesticide.
State Chief Minister V.S Achuthananadan welcomed the Stockholm convention’s decision to impose a global ban on the harmful pesticide Endosulfan. Speaking to the reporters at a press meet held here today, CM opined that the Stockholm convention was forced to impose a ban on the pesticide citing the anti endosulfan emotions in the country.
LDF has been pressing the Centre to ban endosulfan which had allegedly caused over 400 deaths and serious health problems to nearly 4,000 people in parts of Kasargode in north Kerala, where the pesticide was sprayed in a state-run cashew plantation. Endosulfan was banned in the state in 2005.
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