The State Environment department is exploring various proposals to tackle the threat of invasive water hyacinths in the Vembanad Kol ecosystem, including encouraging Kudumbashree workers to remove the aquatic plant and the creation of a circular economy by focusing on the weed-to-wealth concept.
The department recently convened a meeting of various stakeholders on tackling the menace that has choked several waterbodies across the State. The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had asked the authorities to elaborate on how the aquatic plant could be treated as a resource to generate various value-added products.
