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| Bangladesh |
| Relief looted at fag end of last govt |
| 2007-02-23 |
| Relief, Power and Energy Adviser Tapan Chowdhury yesterday said the government will file criminal cases against those found involved in plundering and misappropriating the relief goods. Briefing reporters at the energy ministry's conference room, he alleged that relief goods were plundered in the name of special allocations during the immediate past BNP-led alliance government. "No need to mention, definitely there was 'hariloot' (plundering) at the fag end of the last government and we are now investigating and also recovering those goods..." Tapan Chowdhury said. He did not give any figure or quantity of relief goods misappropriated, but said the relief ministry has the figure. Most of the relief goods misappropriated were rice, wheat, CI sheets and biscuits. It is not important to the caretaker government as to when those were misappropriated - in last five years or 10 years, he said, adding that the joint forces, being ordered by the government, are now recovering those relief goods. The adviser said the relief ministry has changed the process of relief distribution, as now the deputy commissioners (DCs) will directly receive relief goods from the ministry and distribute those among the destitute. Earlier, relief goods were not sent directly to the DCs, he added. He said it is quite unfortunate that Tk 100 was spent against per piece of CI sheet transportation and those were used for personal comfort and pleasure of some corrupt people instead of distributing among the destitute. The power and energy adviser said the government is strongly considering enhancing fuel price, as there was no price adjustment with international market in last few years. "But as yet there is no decision by the government," he said urging the media not to dish out any speculative news on fuel price hike. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Joe Mendiola get a job at the Daily Star? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-02-23 09:21 |