Guwahati, March 1 -- The Advantage Assam 2.0 investment summit, aimed at propelling the state's economic growth, has been overshadowed by a controversial development: the Assam government's decision to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Re-Sustainability Limited (ReSL), a Hyderabad-based company formerly known as Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited.

This move has sparked criticism, given ReSL's troubled history of solid waste management in Guwahati between 2008 and 2012, a period marked by allegations of massive anomalies and project failures.

On Wednesday (February 26), during the second day of the summit, the Assam Forest Department inked an MoU with ReSL, committing over Rs 5,000 crore to an "integrated solid waste management p...