<p>Opposition Congress in Kerala has raised corruption allegations over a deal being initiated by the Kerala government with a US-based firm for developing deep-sea fishing trawlers.</p>.<p>Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala alleged that it was an attempt to allow the US firm to exploit the fishing resources of the sea off the Kerala coast.</p>.<p> Kerala Fisheries Minister Mery Kutty Amma has denied the allegations.</p>.<p>The row is over a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US-based EMCC International, run by a Malayali, with the Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC).</p>.<p>The US firm proposed to build 400 trawlers with the help of KSINC as part of the Rs 2950 crore project.</p>.<p>Fisheries Minister J Mercy Kutty said that no agreement has been signed by the government to allow fishing by the US firm.</p>.<p>The firm's representatives told that the project was only at a proposal stage and it was only for building trawlers.</p>
<p>Opposition Congress in Kerala has raised corruption allegations over a deal being initiated by the Kerala government with a US-based firm for developing deep-sea fishing trawlers.</p>.<p>Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala alleged that it was an attempt to allow the US firm to exploit the fishing resources of the sea off the Kerala coast.</p>.<p> Kerala Fisheries Minister Mery Kutty Amma has denied the allegations.</p>.<p>The row is over a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US-based EMCC International, run by a Malayali, with the Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC).</p>.<p>The US firm proposed to build 400 trawlers with the help of KSINC as part of the Rs 2950 crore project.</p>.<p>Fisheries Minister J Mercy Kutty said that no agreement has been signed by the government to allow fishing by the US firm.</p>.<p>The firm's representatives told that the project was only at a proposal stage and it was only for building trawlers.</p>