diff --git a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_data_model.py b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_data_model.py
index e232a69..afd5ce7 100644
--- a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_data_model.py
+++ b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_data_model.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import structlog
 import socket
 from scapy.layers.l2 import Ether
+
 from voltha.adapters.openolt.openolt_utils import OpenoltUtils
 from voltha.protos.device_pb2 import Port, Device
 from voltha.protos.openflow_13_pb2 import OFPPS_LIVE, OFPPF_FIBER, \
@@ -403,19 +404,6 @@
     def _device_id(self):
         return self.device.id
 
-    def _resolve_onu_id(self, onu_id, port_intf_id):
-        try:
-            onu_device = None
-            onu_device = self.adapter_agent.get_child_device(
-                self.device_id,
-                parent_port_no=self.platform.intf_id_to_port_no(
-                    port_intf_id, Port.PON_OLT),
-                onu_id=onu_id)
-        except Exception as inner:
-            self.log.exception('resolve-onu-id', errmsg=inner.message)
-
-        return onu_device
-
     def create_alarm(self, **kwargs):
         return self.adapter_agent.create_alarm(
             logical_device_id=self.logical_device_id,
diff --git a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_device.py b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_device.py
index 81231d2..ac3cba5 100644
--- a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_device.py
+++ b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_device.py
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@
 from twisted.internet import reactor
 from scapy.layers.l2 import Ether, Dot1Q
 from transitions import Machine
+from simplejson import dumps
+from google.protobuf.message import Message
+from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToDict
 
 from voltha.protos.device_pb2 import Port
 from voltha.adapters.openolt.protos import openolt_pb2_grpc, openolt_pb2
 from voltha.adapters.openolt.openolt_utils import OpenoltUtils
 from voltha.extensions.alarms.onu.onu_discovery_alarm import OnuDiscoveryAlarm
+from voltha.northbound.kafka.kafka_proxy import get_kafka_proxy
 
 
 class OpenoltDevice(object):
@@ -170,6 +174,22 @@
         self.flow_mgr.reset_flows()
 
     def indications_thread(self):
+
+        def send_indication(msg):
+            topic = "openolt.ind"
+            try:
+                kafka_proxy = get_kafka_proxy()
+                if kafka_proxy and not kafka_proxy.is_faulty():
+                    self.log.debug('kafka-proxy-available')
+                    # convert to JSON string if msg is a protobuf msg
+                    if isinstance(msg, Message):
+                        msg = dumps(MessageToDict(msg, True, True))
+                    kafka_proxy.send_message(topic, dumps(msg))
+                else:
+                    self.log.error('kafka-proxy-unavailable')
+            except Exception, e:
+                self.log.exception('failed-sending-message', e=e)
+
         self.log.debug('starting-indications-thread')
         self.log.debug('connecting to olt')
 
@@ -225,6 +245,8 @@
                                       indications=ind)
                         continue
 
+                send_indication(ind)
+
                 # indication handlers run in the main event loop
                 if ind.HasField('olt_ind'):
                     reactor.callFromThread(self.olt_indication, ind.olt_ind)
diff --git a/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_kafka_consumer.py b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_kafka_consumer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73ff0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/voltha/adapters/openolt/openolt_kafka_consumer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2016 Confluent Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+#
+# Example high-level Kafka 0.9 balanced Consumer
+#
+from confluent_kafka import Consumer, KafkaError
+import sys
+import getopt
+import json
+import logging
+from pprint import pformat
+
+def print_usage_and_exit(program_name):
+    sys.stderr.write('Usage: %s [options..] <bootstrap-brokers> <group> <topic1> <topic2> ..\n' % program_name)
+    options = '''
+ Options:
+  -T <intvl>   Enable client statistics at specified interval (ms)
+'''
+    sys.stderr.write(options)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    optlist, argv = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'T:')
+    if len(argv) < 3:
+        print_usage_and_exit(sys.argv[0])
+
+    broker = argv[0]
+    group = argv[1]
+    topics = argv[2:]
+    # Consumer configuration
+    # See https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md
+    '''
+    conf = {'bootstrap.servers': broker,'group.id': group, 'session.timeout.ms': 60000,
+            'auto.offset.reset': 'earliest'}
+    '''
+    conf = {'bootstrap.servers': broker,
+            'group.id': group,
+            'session.timeout.ms': 60000}
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger('openolt-kafka-consumer')
+    logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)-15s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s'))
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+    # Create Consumer instance
+    # Hint: try debug='fetch' to generate some log messages
+    # c = Consumer(conf, logger=logger, debug='fetch')
+    c = Consumer(conf, logger=logger)
+
+    def print_assignment(consumer, partitions):
+        print('Assignment:', partitions)
+
+    # Subscribe to topics
+    c.subscribe(topics, on_assign=print_assignment)
+
+    # Read messages from Kafka, print to stdout
+    try:
+        while True:
+            msg = c.poll(timeout=1.0)
+            if msg is None:
+                continue
+            elif not msg.error():
+                print(msg.value())
+            elif msg.error().code() == KafkaError._PARTITION_EOF:
+                # print('End of partition reached {0}/{1}'
+                #       .format(msg.topic(), msg.partition()))
+                pass
+            else:
+                print('Error occured: {0}'.format(msg.error().str()))
+
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+
+    finally:
+        # Close down consumer to commit final offsets.
+        c.close()