What an unfortunate nation we are!
From the news item published in The Daily Star on November 10, 2010, we had learned about the uncertainty gripping Ghorashal Power Project as communications minister was meddling with the tender process, every time PDB sought the cabinet purchase committee's approval, communications minister who is a member of the committee opposed it. The reason behind had been the minister's wish to give contract to a company of his choice which could not become the lowest bidder; Sacho was representing the Chinese company which failed to meet the required criteria.
We learned from the report published in The Daily Star on February 8, 2011 that PDB floated a fresh tender for the project, this time also Sacho represented a Chinese consortium- CNTIC and CMC and again it failed to become the lowest bidder but mysteriously Shanghai Electric, who was the lowest bidder became the second lowest as PDB manipulated it by some foul play and is seeking power ministry's clearance to award it to the consortium.
We are deeply outraged by this move and we can easily assume that communications minister has played a major role behind this as he was interfering from the very beginning.
What an unfortunate nation we are, when scarcity of electricity has become acute, some quarter is taking advantage of it!
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