Aafrin Kidwai 
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At least ten companies have evinced interest in the Brahmapuram waste-to-energy plant.
A meeting was organised by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) through video conferencing late last week in view of the COVID-19 restrictions. The companies that attended the pre-bid meeting included AICA Energy Pvt Ltd; Tholani Clean Energy Pvt. Ltd; Blue Planet Environmental Solutions India Pvt Ltd; BELL Infrastructure Ltd; Zonta Infra tech Pvt Ltd; Organic Recycling Systems Pvt Ltd; Excel Cemfuel Ltd; PBK Associates; New Age Environment Solutions Pvt Ltd; and Zigma Global Environ Solutions Pvt Ltd, according to people close to the development.
The plant will have 300 tonnes per day capacity to be implemented under the public-private-partnership. The queries of the stakeholders were answered during the online meeting. They were told to send the questions through mail before the pre-bid meeting.
As per the present schedule, the tender documents including the technical and financial bids have to be submitted before August 4 but the deadline may be extended in view of the the pandemic crisis, reports The Hindu.
