Thiruvananthapuram, April 24: Pressing for a nationwide ban on endosulfan and India advocating against the chemical’s use at a Geneva convention, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan will lead a day-long sit-in here tomorrow.
The protest, to be staged at the Martyrs’ Column in the city from 10 am to 5 pm, will demand that India advocate a global ban on endosulfan at the international convention on pollutants beginning in Geneva tomorrow.
Rights activists, elected representatives, cultural leaders, politicians and victims will participate in the protest.
Endosulfan has been banned in Kerala in view of the ill-effects of its use in parts of the state, including nearly 400 human deaths and chronic health problems and stunting growth of hundreds of people, many of them children.
The state has been pressing for a countrywide ban on the pesticide.
-Agencies