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Misuse of 4,000 Govt Vehicles

Establishment grilled for failure to submit report

ShakhawatUton
A parliamentary body yesterday blasted the officials of the establishment ministry as they failed to submit a report on over 4,000 vehicles being misused by government high-ups. It also accused the ministry of ignoring the committee by suppressing information.
The parliamentary standing committee on the establishment ministry at a meeting asked the authorities to come up with the report in detail, stating the present status of the-vehicles, at its next meeting without showing any
excuse.
State Minister for Finance Shah Mohammad Abul Hossain attending the meeting on behalf of the prime minister who is in charge of the establishment ministry and also a member of the committee, regretted theministry's failure.
The minister asked the officials concerned to provide the committee with sufficient information about all the public vehicles, purchased for development projects under various ministries and divisions and were supposed to be returned.
The parliamentary body itself
produced a report at the meeting detailing the number of vehicles being used by various government organs. The commi ttee collected the report from the TYansport Pool under the establishment ministry.
The report says only 133 public vehicles out of the total 4,230 were returned to the pool. The vehicles include 221 microbuscs, 883 jeeps, 68 cars, 349 pick-up vans, 52 trucks, 10 buses, 25 minibuses, 2,489 motorcycles and 143 others.
Even the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and the Cabinet ^Division, which ate under the prime minister, have not returned all the
vehicles on completion of the projects. The ministryhas relumed only 23 vehicles out of 113 and the Cabinet Division has given back only five vehicles out of 14, sources saidquotingthereport.
The committee rejected a 'partial report' submitted yesterday by the establishment ministry about the vehicles and slated the ministry officials for 'hiding information.'
As the committee members criticised the report that lacks adequate information, the ministry officials said they could no t produce a detailed report due to poor response and lack of co-operation from other ministries and divisions concerned.
Secretatyin-ChargeoftheMinEtry ofEstablishmentSafiirraj Hossainsaid they had sent lettera to different min-Etries and divisions on December 21 asking for information about the status of all the vehicles but only 12 ministries and three divisions responded.
"Wfe cannot accept such excuse as it (establEhment ministry) is the parent minEtry. It must find out the public vehicles," Chairman of the Committee Sardar Shakhawat Hossain Bakul said at the meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
The minEtry officiaE assured the parliamentary body of submitting a complete report after having all the info rmationfromrestoftheminE tries and divisions.
The committee however did not allow the minEtry officiaE to disclose the partial report and the names of the 12 minhtries and three divisions.
The parliamentary body on December 12 last year asked the establishment minEtry to furnish information about the public vehicles in detail since it observed that different.minEtries.and'divisions did not. return the WhicleS bn completion of-the projects.
At yesterday's meeting, the committee asked for the report but the minEtry officiaE failed to comply, prompting the committee chairman to show the report of the transport pool and dEtribute is copies to each ofthememberaandtheofficials.
"If we can collect the report, why you people have failed to do so? You have to submit the report in detail at
the next meeting and wu will not accept any excuse," Bakul told the officials pointing to the secretary in-chargeoftheestabllshmentministry.
"If any ministry or division refuses to give information, you must report to the committee at the next meeting," saidthechairman.
Thlking to The Dally Star after the meeting, Bakul said die officials are trying to save themselves. "Even the secretary fa trying to do so," he alleged.
Awami League lawmaker KM Jahangir Hossain told reporters that the committee would sit soon to discuss the issue."We the members of the committee are determined to recover public vehicles which are now being misused,” headded.
Blasting the establishment minfa-try, Jahangir said: The ministry fa ignoring the committee by hiding information."
The transport pool report says the fisheries and livestock ministry has been holding the highest number of vehicles for long. It has returned only 42 vehicles out of 1,228. The agriculture ministry fa another defaulter that renimedonlyl3vehlclesoutof680.
’Ilie health ministry has given back three vehicles out of 670, the education ministry returned only oneout of 113,,,theiwnteri.resources ministry three out of 96, and the women and children affairs ministry returned 12 outof73vehicleslthad.
A total of 371 vehicles still remain under the social welfare ministry, 28-1 under the forest and environment ministry, 172 under the posts and telecommunications ministry and 81 under the communications ministry. These ministries have not returned a single vehicle on completion of the developmentprojects.