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The State Government proposes to request the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to visit Kasaragod district to get a first-hand account of a prevailing healthcare situation arising reportedly from use of pesticide endosulfan in local plantations.
Announcing to newspersons here on Thursday, Revenue Minister, Mr Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, said the State Government would take all possible care to protect the interests of the affected persons.
COLLECTORS CONFERENCE
The Minister had presided over a conference of District Collectors earlier in the morning, which was separately addressed by the Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy.
He quoted the Chief Minister as saying that a super-specialty hospital would be set up in the district to provide prompt treatment facilities for the affected.
The State Government was in the process of identifying the required land for the proposed hospital, for which Central financial assistance is also being sought.
At present, the nearest available source of medical help is Manipal in Karnataka that borders Kasaragod district on this side of the inter-State border.
The Chief Minister asked the District Collectors to invoke their discretionary powers to deal with local emergencies and settle them in the best interests of the public.
SPOT DECISIONS
The people at large must not be inconvenienced due to the inability of the Collectors to take spot decisions whenever and wherever warranted; rules and regulations should not come in the way of such decision-making.
The Chief Minister extended to the Collectors a promise that the State Government would stand by the decisions made in this manner, Mr Radhakrishnan said.
The Chief Minister also announced that a monitoring cell would be set up to monitor plan implementation. The Chief Secretary has already been advised to proceed in this direction.
Mr Chandy reminded the Collectors that the responsibility for implementation of the Government rehabilitation packages rested with them.
Illegal land encroachments should be acted upon and distribution of title deeds to the landless expedited.
RIVER SAND
Scarcity of river sand for the construction sector was a major issue that needed immediate solution. The attempt should be to find a viable solution that does not bring incremental damage to the nature.
He also invited the attention of the Collectors to a wave of road accidents and rising casualties.
This needed to be dealt with on a priority basis by taking all stakeholder departments in the Government into confidence.
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