Endosulfan ban is a victory, but there is no instant relief

All those who clamoured for a total ban on the use of the deadly pesticide Endosulfan globally can have a feeling of victory, but there is no instant remedy for the dangerous situation.

We must salute the world body when the Stockholm Convention in Geneva decided to clamp a global ban on Endosulfan and certain other dangerous chemicals.

But India had insisted on getting a rider passed and that was allowed following which there could be use of Endosulfan for the next 11 years. During the interregnum, attempts would be made to formulate alternatives which would be cost-effective.
And Indian Parliament has to give the green signal for the ban on Endosulfan. This will all take time.

Meanwhile, what should be ensured is that there would be no indiscriminate use of the pesticide such as through aerial spraying.

Even as the Kerala Government has been going all-out to get national ban, it could not do justice to the people of the state when it used Endosulfan in plantations. Those who sought ban were responsible for aerial spraying one way or the other.
Instead of trying to win a brownie point, let the authorities take cogent action to prevent indiscriminate use, for the pesticide has already been banned in Kerala.