Five days after they embarked on an indefinite hunger strike here, mothers of Endosulfan-affected children on Sunday ended their agitation after the Government agreed to include more victims in the list for compensation and rehabilitation.
Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnani (EPJM), earlier in the day marched to Cliff House, the official residence of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as their talks with the Government failed on Saturday.
An embarrassed Government was forced to hold fresh talks with the protesters following which the announcement was made by MV Jayarajan, private secretary to the Chief Minister.
The two-hour long meeting chaired by Jayarajan and at the end of it, the Chief Minister joined and assured all help to the victims.
"Those who were below 18 years of age in the 2017 Biological Plausible list of 1,095 people will be included in the rehabilitation package," Jayarajan told the media.