Former adviser Asif Mahmood Sajib Bhuiyan approved a project file without the secretary’s signature, LGRD state minister Mir Shahe Alam said. He said that the government has made a 7-member committee to investigate the corruption and irregularities in the overall activities of the local government department during the Awami League and interim government.
The state minister gave this information during a press briefing at the secretariat on Saturday (May 23) afternoon.
He said, a 7-member investigation committee has been convened by the director general of the local government department to look into the activities of the local government department and the departments and organizations under its jurisdiction from 2009 to 2026. The committee has been directed to submit the inquiry report within 60 working days.
In the briefing, the state minister also complained of irregularities in the development project of Pirojpur.
He claimed that around 6000 crore rupees were withdrawn without doing any work after a project was tendered. Due to this, various development projects of the district have been closed for the last two years.
Mir Shahe Alam said that initiatives will be taken to start the closed projects by visiting Pirojpur soon. Besides, he commented that irregularities and corruption have occurred in road and bridge construction projects in different districts of the country.
