Govt decision to cancel agreement with power company kicks up row

KOCHI: The government’s decision to cancel the agreement it inked with GJ Eco Power Pvt Ltd for constructing a waste-to- energy plant at Brahmapuram is snowballing into a major controversy. Ruling councillors in the corporation said the government has some hidden agenda behind the cancellation of the project. “When GJ Eco Power approached the corporation for mortgaging its 20 acres of land to find the fund for the project, the corporation turned it down. However, the state government directed the corporation to sign a lease agreement with the firm on the proposed waste-to-energy plant,” said a councillor not wishing to be named.