Staff Reporter, Sirajganj :
Finally, the two officers of the Water Development Board (WDB) in Sirajganj have been transferred to elsewhere after publishing news-reports on The New Nation over their corruptions and anomalies centering a riverbank protection project.
Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Executive Engineer (XEN) of the Water Development Board in Sirajganj has been transferred to Dhaka’s head-office, while his Sub-Divisional Engineer (SDE) Milton Hossain has been transferred to Joypurhat.
Earlier The New Nation and The Daily Sky through several news-reports focused their corruptions and anomalies centering the project that was taken to protect right embankment of the Jamuna river from Brahmangram to Hatpanchil in Shahzadpur upazila of the district involving at around Tk Tk 647 crore.
A news-report titled “Human chain demands removal of Sirajganj WDB’s XEN, SDE,” was published on The New Nation and The Daily Sky. Earlier this, another report titled “River erosion takes serious turn in Sirajganj” was published at the newspapers highlighting corruption allegations against the officials.
The reports revealed the current situation of the local residents, who demanded their (officers) removal for their (officers) alleged negligence and irregularities in the project work that made them (local dwellers) harmed and destitute due to massive erosion by the river Jamuna.
After hearing the news of the officials’ transfer, people of several villages including Brahmangram, Jalalpur, Arkandi, Monakosa, Panchil and Hatpanchil area expressed their happiness and reaction saying that, “Both the officers amassed crores of taka from the different projects through corruption and anomalies. So, necessary action should take against them after conducting fair investigation. Only transfer is not enough in this context.”
They also urged the new officers, who have been replaced on their positions, to implement the project in time with honesty and transparency for the sake local residents in which they get rid from furious erosion of Jamuna river in future.