Action plan on relief for endosulfan victims in 15 days

K.N. Phaneendra, who heads the State Legal Services Authority’s Committee that provides legal services to disabled persons, has directed the Udupi-based Human Rights Protection Foundation to submit an

K.N. Phaneendra, who heads the State Legal Services Authority’s Committee that provides legal services to disabled persons, has directed the Udupi-based Human Rights Protection Foundation to submit an action plan to resolve problems faced by endosulfan victims from Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi districts in getting honorarium, treatment and other relief. Mr. Phaneendra passed the direction following his recent virtual meeting with member-secretaries of the District Legal Services Authority and Deputy Commissioners of the three districts and endosulfan activists, including Ravindranath Shanbhag, who is the president of the foundation. The meeting was convened by Mr. Phaneendra, a former High Court of Karnataka judge, following representations by endosulfan victims to the State Legal Services Authority.