Rekha Menon
MLA, Kerala Legislative Assembly · Environment Committee
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Three-term MLA from Ernakulam, Rekha Menon chairs Kerala's Legislative Assembly Environment Sub-Committee. She has been involved in drafting two state-level environment bills and writes for NT on the gap between environmental law and enforcement — particularly on wetland encroachments and coastal regulation zone violations.
Recent Pieces by Rekha
Kerala's wetlands: 14 years of protection orders, 0 prosecutions
The State Wetland Authority has issued 34 show-cause notices since 2010. Prosecution count: zero. An MLA asks why from the inside.
What the Coastal Regulation Zone 2019 notification actually changed — and what it didn't
The CRZ 2019 was sold as a reform. Three years in, fishing community consultations were skipped in 6 of 9 coastal states.