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The proposal was made at a special virtual meeting in the presence of ten members of the Dhaka WASA Board on Saturday. It will be sent to the local government ministry in the form of a written proposal next Sunday.
In 2009, Taksim A Khan was appointed Managing Director of Dhaka WASA by the Ministry of Local Government. His mandate was subsequently extended five times. The term of the fifth phase is supposed to end on October 14.
Said the former deputy. Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, who chaired the meeting on Saturday, told bdnews24.com that the majority of the board members were in favor of extending Taksim A Khan’s term. And 3 members voted against.
Hasibur Rahman Manik, Councilor, District 27, Dhaka South City Corporation was also present at the board meeting.
He told bdnews24.com on Saturday night that he was opposed to the proposal to extend Taksim A Khan’s term for another three years. However, it was decided to send the matter to the ministry by majority vote.
“I have said that according to the rules, the MD must be appointed with a recruitment notice in the newspaper. Everyone present will apply according to the criteria. There will be an exam, the one who will do the best in the exam will be appointed ”.
Wali Ullah Sikder, representative of the Dhaka Institute of Engineers, opposed the proposal to extend the mandate of Taksim A Khan.
Former Dhaka WASA official told bdnews24.com that Taksim A Khan had been accused of various wrongdoing on several occasions. These issues need to be investigated.
“We do not know if these are true or false. But personally I assume that the journalists who made this news, all made this news in their own name. If there was no truth, then Mr. MD should protest. But he did not take any action against anyone. Instead, WASA has spent money to print ads. “
Wali Ullah Sikder said it would be wrong to reappoint Taksim A Khan without investigating the allegations against him.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said zero tolerance against corruption. That is why I want a recruitment through transparency. According to WASA regulations, the doctor must be appointed through proper notification.”
TIB Statement
Dhaka Transparency International Bangladesh-TIB has described the initiative to re-appoint the current managing director of WASA as “unethical and illegal”.
In a statement on Saturday, the agency said: “As always, all measures have been taken to maintain the cherished monopolistic hegemony unaltered by continuing the unethical and illegitimate tenure of the same person in the top management of Dhaka WASA without paying attention to rules and regulations “.
TIB CEO Iftekharuzzaman said: “According to reliable media and direct sources, a special meeting of the Dhaka WASA Board recommended the re-election of the current managing director for another three years.
“If the application for the position was called according to the rules, who applied for it, why was it not considered eligible or why the current managing director is the only suitable candidate It is not mentioned whether it has been verified or not.”
Iftekharuzzaman said that during the current managing director’s tenure, the problem of people’s suffering “is not unknown to anyone.” According to the investigation of TIB and reliable sources, WASA has been accused of various irregularities and corruption in the implementation of many projects and at the service level.
“Some problems are under investigation. We were hoping that where the head of government repeatedly spoke of ‘zero tolerance’ against corruption, the establishment of good government through the implementation of the National Integrity Strategy, there would be a solution. But the way things go things, we can’t talk about frustration anymore. “
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