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Social activistic Dijo Kappan, 68, passed distant astatine Pala successful Kottayam connected Friday (May 1, 2026). He breathed his past astatine a backstage infirmary wherever helium had been undergoing attraction aft being injured successful a car mishap successful October past twelvemonth successful Thiruvananthapuram.
An anti-corruption crusader, Kappan was known for his activism focussing connected user rights and awareness. In 1988, helium founded the Centre for Consumer Education which aimed astatine extortion of the rights of consumers and farmers. He had led respective ineligible battles successful his capableness arsenic the trustee of the centre. His notable ineligible interventions see connected a assortment of nationalist causes specified arsenic hike successful energy complaint and roadworthy tax, discarded absorption situation successful Kochi and inconveniences caused by show of advertisement boards connected nationalist roads. He had led a prolonged conflict against the hurdles successful allowing security claims to victims of roadworthy accidents.
