Bengaluru, Nov. 28 -- The National Green Tribunal's Southern Zone in Chennai has directed the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) to trace hundreds of missing endosulfan barrels that the Corporation procured nearly two decades ago for aerial spraying across cashew plantations in Kerala and Karnataka and has still not accounted for.

The Tribunal also asked PCK to carry out a comprehensive study on endosulfan contamination in Kasaragod district in Kerala and in the Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, and Uttara Kannada districts of Karnataka.

The bench of judicial member Pushpa Sathyanarayana and expert member Prashant Gargav directed PCK to submit a detailed compliance report by January 9, 2026.

The Tribunal issued the directions on October 29,...