The state government on Wednesday signed an agreement with a non-government organisation and a TV channel to open a training centre for endosulfan victims at Ujire in Belthangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada district.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and representatives of NGO Saanidhya and TV9 signed the agreement in Bengaluru on Wednesday, where it has been decided to start a vocational training centre for the endosulfan victims. They will be taught to make candles, door mats and Yakshagana masks to make them self-reliant.

Job training for endosulfan victims