Revenue, Survey and Local Self-Government departments have initiated steps to identity and remove encroachments along the Vembanad Lake, according to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
A committee was constituted on the recommendation of the Assembly Committee on Environment to examine encroachments and suggest remedial measures, he said in response to a submission by K. Babu, Thripunitura MLA, on Tuesday.
The committee, which includes the District Collector as chairman and officials of various departments, has started work on identifying encroachments. The team will fix the boundary of the Vembanad Lake, which is a Ramsar wetland, as part of efforts to restore the ecosystem, he said.
