Sunamganj Correspondent::
Former minister accused of irregularities and corruption in construction of crop protection dam in Shalla haor, Sunamganj
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), Water Development Board (PAUBO)
A case has been filed in court against 16 people, including officials.
On Thursday afternoon, farmer Pataki Ranjan, a resident of Khalapara village in Shalla upazila of the district,
Das (67) filed the case as the plaintiff in the Sunamganj District and Sessions Judge's Court. The court
Judge Md. Hemayet Uddin said the court's official statement has taken cognizance of the complaint.
Counsel (PP) Mallik Md. Moin Uddin Sohel. Project determination for the construction of dams in haor and
The UNO is the president of the Upazila Committee formed for implementation and the member secretary is the O.
The deputy assistant engineer of Paubo in charge of the upazila. The accused in the case are Shallar
Former UNO SM Tarek Sultan; Deputy Assistant to Paubo in charge of Shalla
Engineer Ripon Ali; Project No. 22 for the construction of crop protection dams in Haor in Shalla Upazila
Implementation Committee (PIC) President Md. Hasim Uddin, Member Secretary Minadul Mia;
Majnu Mia, President of PIC No. 58, Fazlul Haque, Member Secretary; PIC No. 24
President Kalam Mia, Member Secretary Fazal Mia; President of PIC No. 45 Abdul Qadir
Mia, Member Secretary Sarafat Ali; 77th PIC President Kalipada Das, Member Secretary
Prabhat Das; President of PIC No. 78 Sujit Chandra Das, Member Secretary Samiran Das; 59
No. PIC President Deepak Chandra Das and Member Secretary Pabitra Mohan Das. In the case, the petitioner
The plaintiff stated that according to the policy for the construction of crop protection dams in haors (KABITA), local
The work will be implemented through PIC, involving the public.
For this, it is mentioned that a PIC should be formed by involving the owners and beneficiaries of land near the dam in the haor area. The president and member secretary of the concerned upazila committee must be present by November 30.
These PICs will be formed. The formed PICs will start working by December 15.
It will definitely complete the work by February 28. But many of the PIC presidents mentioned
The member secretary is not the owner of the land adjacent to the dam in question, nor is he even a beneficiary.
PIC was formed with the people. The owners of the land near all the mentioned dams
For unknown reasons, it was not included in any committee. Opinions of other members of the Upazila Committee
The accused, in collusion with each other, illegally seized the PICs without taking any action.
Approval has been granted.
Meanwhile, today, February 28, the haor dam work is expected to be completely completed.
Anwar Hossain, the president of PIC No. 113, went to the Bherardahar area of the upazila and
Secretary Bachchu Mia is working on the dam by taking soil from the base of the dam. This
The allocation for the dam is over 26 lakh taka. He believes that the unnecessary allocation is part of looting.
Farmers of this area. Also, the work of Siddiqur Rahman, president of PIC No. 112, is ongoing.
There is an allocation of over 27 lakh taka. These two PICs are being run in the name of Bandhan.
Looting. They are wasting time and are busy planning to embezzle money without completing the dam work.
There are journalists who came to Anwar Hossain's PIC number 113 to inquire.
He came to the sea. In this way, Dirai, Shalla, Tahirpur, Shantiganj and
Unnecessary allocations were made to various haors in all upazilas including Bishambarpur and Dowara Bazar.
In addition to wasting government money, the Water Development Board, Upazila administration, and SOs are also involved in
The festival of looting has begun. Most of the dams where earthen dams are built
The dam is being built there with sand. It is also seen that for the old dam,
The allocation is high. But PICs are using excavators to remove soil from the old dam and build this
People are seeing new soil being poured into the dam. Even though the deadline has passed, most of them
The dam work is not finished. When the dam work is finished, level it with a shovel and then plant grass on the side of the dam.
It is supposed to be planted. But there is concern about when the dam work will be completed and the grass will be planted.
The farmers of the Haorpar are spending their days. Moreover, if it starts raining in the next few days,
Then the farmers are anxious to bring home their hard-earned golden harvest.
Many people have told us.
In addition, the PIC was formed much later than the scheduled time and did not complete the dam work.
Arrangements have been made to embezzle government money. Pataki Ranjan Das, the plaintiff in the case, said that in the haor
Due to irregularities and corruption in the construction of the dam, the farmer's only Boro crop was submerged in water.
This irregularity and corruption leads to negligence in work. I have a lot of land in the haor. The crops of the land
I am worried about this. I have filed a case in the interest of the farmers of the haor. Sunamganj Paubo
According to sources, the deadline for construction of crop protection dams in Sunamganj's haor is December 15.
from February 28. Accordingly, the deadline ends today, Friday. This time, 12
Work is underway on 686 dam projects in 53 haors of the upazila. An estimated cost of Rs. 127 crore has been estimated for this.
Tk. Executive Engineer of PAUBO Sunamganj Office Md. Mamun Hawlader said,
The progress of the work so far is 90 percent. We have applied for an extension of another seven days.
The entire work will be completed within this time.
Kulendu Shekhar Das
