3 Jan 2026
After the Ban: Endosulfan Dumping in the Western Ghats and the NGT Case
Between 1978 and 2001, the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) aerially sprayed approximately 57,560 litres of toxic Endosulfan across its plantations, contaminating air and drinking water and causing widespread mortality and chronic illness. Endosulfan was banned worldwide only in 2011, leaving PCK with a stockpile of the toxic pesticide, which was subsequently dumped illegally, unscrupulously,…