Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan has said in a statement that the State Government was sabotaging the projects aimed at rehabilitating endosulfan victims.
He also alleged that the government was also twisting the Human Rights Commission’s recommendations according to its convenience. While the UDF Government openly agreed to pay Rs 5 lakh to the families of those victims who died or were affected with cancer, as per the recommendations of the Human Rights Commission, the promise has not been kept.
The UDF Government has given up the initiative taken by the previous government to waive off the debts of endosulfan victims.
The previous LDF Government had implemented a moratorium on the debts, the term of which ended on March 31.
Instead of beginning the procedures for writing off the debts, the government has begun revenue recovery procedures, the statement said. Achuthanandan demanded that the government should take immediate steps to write off the debts. VS also alleged that the present government had initiated moves to scuttle the pension given to victims in the order of Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,000. There is also anxiety among the victims that of the 4,880 patients in the list only 180 would be given any real financial aid, he said. The names of victims affected with cancer are also being striked off the list, the Opposition Leader said. “This even led to an endosulfan victim’s suicide,” he pointed out.
VS demanded that the government decision to elevate the 11 Primary Health Centres to Community Health Centres should be implemented and enough doctors posted in these centres. He also called for the revival of the previous government’s decision to allot one vehicle to a panchayat.
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