KOCHI: The attempt of the Kochi Corporation to set up a bio-gas plants for decentralised treatment of biodegradable waste has failed to yield results despite spending Rs 61.61 lakh. This was owing to the lack of proper monitoring and timely remedial action. This was stated in the Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s Audit Report (Local-Self Government Institutions), Kerala, for the year 2009-2010. The report said two of the seven bio-gas plants established by the Corporation in 2007 remained useless since the date of commissioning and five plants have become non-functional since 2008, rendering the expenditure of `61.61 lakh incurred on them fruitless. Though the Corporation had given the nod for constructing 10 bio-gas plants, three of the plants could not be constructed as the civic body could not make available the land, the report said. This reveals the casual manner in which the District Planning Committee approved the project without ensuring availability of land with the municipal corporation, it said The report also added that the Corporation which entrusted ANERT to conduct a detailed study on the cause of the failure of the plant had not followed up the matter with the agency. Mayor Tony Chammany said it was during the tenure of former council that the sanction was given.”I have not gone through the report and can only say more after going through it,” he said. On the non-availability of land for setting up the bio-gas plants, he said land was one of the major impediments and the Corporation would look into it.