Order of the National Green Tribunal  the matter of Krishna Das KV Vs State of Kerala dated 07/01/2025.

The matter is related to pollution in in Ashtamudi lake, Kollam district, Kerala.

The NGT received a report from Justice A V Ramakrishna Pillai, Chairman, State Level Monitoring Committee, Kerala reporting massive killing of fishes in Ashtamudi lake. The report depicts a very serious and pathetic condition of the Ashtamudi lake, which is a Ramsar site, noted the court.

Additional report by state of Kerala in Original Application No 147 of 2022 in the matter of Krishna Das Vs State of Kerala.

The report was on the remedial action taken by the authorities for the conservation of Ashtamudi and Vembanad-kol wetland as per the National Green Tribunal order dated March 22, 2023.

Affidavit filed by the Mulanthuruthy Grama Panchayat, Ernakulam district, Kerala on pollution of Konothupuzha river which branches out as a tributary of the Thripunithura-Chambakkara Canal and joins the Vembanad lake. The Konothupuzha river traverses through a short distance of the Mulathuruthy Grama Panchayat.