THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Endosulfan victims and activists have decided to end their protest demanding to include all the victims in the list of endosulfan victims. They have been staging a hunger strike in front of the secretariat for the past few days. They have made such a decision following a discussion with the Chief Minister’s private secretary M V Jayarajan. M V Jayarajan clarified that all 1905 people will be included in the list of victims. The protesters had staged a march on Sunday morning when their demands were denied initially.

The government has decided to provide financial aid to every victims without considering the area of the panchayat. District collector will be appointed to evaluate the situation and update the list.

The victims had been protesting in front of the secretariat under the leadership of Daya Bai. Literary writers M Mukundan, Sara Joseph, Kalpetta Narayanan, Sunil P Elayidam, Madhupal, Ambikasuthan Mangad had reached the protest venue and said their demands were reasonable. They said the government should change their stand that endosulfan was sprinkled only in 11 panchayats and people there will only be affected.