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On Jan 12, 12:25 pm, Prashant Awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>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 < > > vikramjitsing...@gmail.com> 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 > >> <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>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 < > >>> vikramjitsing...@gmail.com> 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 <vikramjitsing...@gmail.com> > >>>> Date: Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:54 PM > >>>> Subject: ID OF WILD `WALNUT-LIKE' POISONOUS FRUIT EATEN BY KIDS > >>>> To: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com>, efloraofindia < > >>>> indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > >>>> 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: > > >> **
