Kochi Corporation to open single bid received for operating Brahmapuram plant

Delay in setting up new plant will invite hefty fine on civic body, says Corporation Secretary

The Kochi Corporation will open the single bid it has received for operating its solid waste management plant at Brahmapruam, it was decided at the Corporation Council meeting on Monday. Incidentally, a section of the Corporation councillors were opposed to the civic body considering the only bid it had received in response to its advertisement inviting companies to run the plant. Though the contract for running the plant, which was awarded to a company, had expired way back in 2011, the company had been running the unit on an ad hoc basis. The Corporation Secretary informed the council meeting that the company, which submitted the bid, appeared to have four years of experience in running such ventures and the delay in setting up a new plant and managing the waste would invite hefty fine on the civic body and the councillors.