The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of the alien plant invasion in the kole wetlands in Kerala.
The NGT has issued notices and sought responses from the Principal Secretary, Department of Environment, Kerala; Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (C), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change regional office; National Biodiversity Authority; Chairman, Kerala State Pollution Control Board; District Collector, Thrissur; Kerala Forest Research institute; and Kerala State Wetland Authority.