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Tk 12,600cr of railway stuck
FROM PAGE 1* till date, he said. Had the arrears been realised, the money could be used for development of the lossincurring BR, which now runs on government subsidy, said the BR director general.
CAG office sources however said they will be able to assist the BR in realising the longstanding arrears if the PAC-formed subcommittees look into die matter.
The four sub-committees will examine the audit objections and make recommendations for the PAC to dispose the objections either by realising the money from the people responsible for the financial damage or settling the objections, if necessary.
"We shall finalise the terms of reference for the subcommittees soon," PAC Chairman KH Rashiduzzaman told reporters after the meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban.
He said the PAC would take necessary steps on recommen-dationsofthe sub-committees.
He, however, declined to give details about the subcommittees.
Officials attending the meeting said Awami League (AL) lawmakers Prof Ali Ashraf, Khandaker Asaduzzaman and Khan Tipu Sultan and BNP lawmaker MK Anwar were made chiefs of the subcommittees. Other members will be included soon, they added.
The CAG in its report said a total of 98 audit reports with 1,742 objections were placed before the parliament since FY 2000-2001. The office of CAG has already submitted 78 more audit reports on FY 2003-2004, FY 2004-05 and FY 2005-06 to the president and those will be placed before the parliament soon.
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CAG office sources said they prepared the audit report on BR under the communications ministry in FY2000-2001. examining BR's previous accounts.
"We found that a huge amount of money remained unrealised," a senior high-up of the office of CAG said referring to the longstanding objections on collection of transport fares.
Officials in the finance division of BR said the jute ministry
alone owes Tk 9,239 crore to the BR as transport fares while some arrears date back to 1955.
"The actual amount of arrears was quite small in the beginning. But. it got bigger < every year with the addition of interests," the BR director general toldThe Daily Star.
Most jute mills including Adamjee were shut down without paying their outstanding dues to the BR while the amount continued to grow with the addition of interests.
The Department of Relief and Rehabilitation under the food and disaster management ministry' owes the second largest amount of arrears totalling Tk2.752croretotheBR.
I ’ <• I Ki.4.i( ityCorporation (DCC; owes about Tk 7.39 crore totheBR.
The DCC constructed Nagar Bhaban at Fulbaria and the dry corporation market on BR's lands without paying any price.
When contacted, DCC Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka told The Daily Star, "The land was allotted to the Dhaka City Corporation before I took office. Nobody informed me about the outstanding dues during my tenure."