The Hindu 29.01.2015
‘Need prevention programmes against chronic diseases’
Babu M. Pallissery, MLA, addressing a workshop at KILA, Mulangunnathukavu, on Wednesday. — Photo: By special arrangement
: The state needs adequate preventive programmes to
check increasing number of chronic diseases, Babu M. Pallissery, MLA,
has said.
He was addressing the workshop on
comprehensive development project for Kunnamkulam Assembly constituency
organised by the Kerala Institute of Local Administration at
Mulangunnathukavu, near here on Wednesday.
“About 80
per cent of people who are booking tickets from Guruvayur to
Thiruvananthapuram are going to Regional Cancer Centre. The number of
renal diseases is also increasing regularly. The use of vegetables
contaminated by deadly pesticides is one of the reasons.”
Mr. Pallissery said we should be able to address the issue by organic farming of vegetables.
We need effective measures to address the waste management problem and drinking water shortage, he noted.
Kunnamkulam
Municipality Chairman V.K. Unnikrishnan, block pranchayat presidents
from Wadakkanchery, Chovvannur, panchayat presidents from Kadavallur,
Porkkulam, Chovvannur, Erumappetty, Velur and Kattakambal, Standing
Committee Chairpersons, and officials from various local bodies
participated in the meeting.
