Chattogram Bureau :
An organisation called Anti-Discrimination General Citizen Samaj has protested demanding the resignation of Chattagram WASA MD AKM Fazlullah. MD was locked in his room for about an hour. On Sunday (September 1) around 11 am, they started the movement by occupying the MD’s office. At that time, the agitators raised 17 demands. The demands are – Disclosure of MD Fazlullah’s income tax return 2009-2024 and wealth statement, disclosure of full details of travel bills (2009-2024) and immediate deposit of travel bills into the government treasury as the travel bill has become a business, immediate abolition of the board made up of dictatorial government’s pets.
Chattagram WASA’s engineering and revenue branches have been overhauled, taking administrative action against corrupt officers/employees, identifying and permanently expelling WASA employees who took part in riots on behalf of the dictatorial government on August 4, canceling all illegal office orders issued by the MD after the fall of the government, Fazlullah’ Reinstating all the dismissed officers and employees, depositing the vehicles and fuel of all the officers who are using vehicles and fuel beyond their authority in the government treasury, quickly transferring all the officers and employees who have been working in the same workplace for more than 5 years, the completed and ongoing projects during the previous government. Disclosure of document-audit related information and all purchase accounts to the public, electricity bill, water bill, gas bill (2009-2024) of Chattagram Wasa Rest House should be paid from the managing director’s own account.
Investigation of illegal connection in Barrister College area- Investigation report on misappropriation of water vouchers in water works and other corruption investigations organized after 2009 should be released. Chattagram WASA project, monitoring cell should be started from local government department to prevent corruption in revenue and revenue branch. Corrupt officer Richard Nelson Pinaru, who has been working in the sales department for 15 years, should be investigated and punished.
The accused should be brought under punishment by investigating the mystery and irregularities of buying smart meter from the contractor named Wings Limited and billing under the name of ‘Padma’. After showing 30-35 percent loss of water system for the last 10 years, a proper investigation should be conducted and those responsible should be punished. In the past 15 years, amid various crises including Corona, the suffering of people should be remedied by increasing the price of water. The agitators complain that AKM Fazlullah is still healthy despite the irregularities. After the Awami League government came to power, he was contractually appointed as Wasa Board Chairman in 2009.