Five years after the Supreme Court directed Kerala to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to each victim of toxic Endosulfan pesticide, the state government on Tuesday said verification of beneficiaries was ongoing and amounts would be disbursed to most of them within next 3-4 months.
After the Pinarayi Vijayan government was pulled up by the apex court on May 13 for delay in paying the compensation to the over 3,700 victims, state Revenue Minister K Rajan told PTI that “steps are being taken to disburse the amounts to the victims.”
Giving details of the steps being taken, the District Collector of Kasaragod — endosulfan victims from where had moved the apex court — told PTI that 733 beneficiaries have been mapped out under four out of five categories.
Verification of 733 persons under the four categories of bedridden, mentally challenged, physically handicapped and those suffering from cancer has been completed, Kasaragod District Collector Bhandari Swagat Ranveerchand said.
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