I too appreciate the efforts being taken up by Vikram Jit Singh ji in spreading the awareness among the locals / educating them and also for getting in tough with local forest pers.for future course of action.Thanks Vikram Jit Singh ji. Regards Prashant Mumbai.
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Vikram ji for your action as well as for the update. > I appreciate it. Hope the awareness spreads elsewhere also so that no > child is affected by accidental Jatropha poisoning in future... > > Thanks once again for the response. > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:27 PM, vikram jit singh < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I have been to the spot, there must be about a 100 plants of jatropha. >> the kids have got awareness after the tragic incident. i shall speak to the >> local forest people about removing them. >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Vijayasankar >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> No doubt Vikram ji, it is Jatropha curcas. >>> Like anyone else, I am concerned about the poor children, too. >>> I hope you have surveyed/visited the area and assessed the population of >>> these Jatropha plants. How many plants (just an estimate, in 100s or 1000s) >>> in the area you think is easily accessible by the slum children? Can the >>> plants be uprooted by the local authorities? There is no point in >>> keeping/growing these exotic plants when there is no plan to use them, and >>> when there is no active safety measures to prevent accidental poisoning. >>> Can the children and their parents be educated about the toxicity and its >>> affects on the victims? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar Raman >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> University of Mississippi >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:43 PM, vikram jit singh < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I am attaching another pix of the jatropha where its fruit is still >>>> green for the experts to confirm the id. Thanks to all for the info sent >>>> earlier. >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: vikram jit singh <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:54 PM >>>> Subject: ID OF WILD `WALNUT-LIKE' POISONOUS FRUIT EATEN BY KIDS >>>> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, efloraofindia < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear Mr Garg, >>>> >>>> >>>> Could your group of experts please help identify and describe this wild >>>> fruit growing on the banks of the river ghaghar. This fruit was eaten by >>>> slum kids who thought it was a kind of wild almond and 34 kids were taken >>>> seriously ill with vomitting and loose motions. >>>> >>>> I am attaching pixs of a kid holding the dried fruits which were eaten >>>> and a pix of the unripe fruit on the treee. >>>> >>>> I am writing about these poisonous wild fruits in the newspaper and >>>> would require your group's expertise. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> >>>> Vikram Jit Singh >>>> >>>> Golf Columnist and Wildlife Correspondent: >>>> >>>> *The Times of India* >>>> >>>> >>>> at Chandigarh. >>>> >>>> >>>> Columnist and Writer for: >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Vikram Jit Singh >> >> Golf Columnist and Wildlife Correspondent: >> >> *The Times of India* >> >> at Chandigarh. >> >> >> Columnist and Writer for: >> >> ** >> > >
