CASE 37
Spray of Misery
The villagers have turned to the judiciary for remedy. They have obtained a stay order from the Kasargod munsiff court against the aerial spraying. The petition will probably come up for hearing before the next spraying season in October. Meanwhile, they are looking up for help from the government and related bodies.
LAND OF SUFFERING
Life in Swarga, however evocative the name of the village, is far from heavenly. Nestled among areca and cashew plantations in Kerala’s Kasargod district, it is a hellish land plagued by diseases and suffering.
“Strange illnesses have afflicted these villages and there is no thorough study on why this is so,” says Dr.Kumar. “There are around 300 cases of various kinds of abnormalities in ...
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