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Project for Purchasing 10 Locomotives: PD punished for ‘good work’
He halted payment to S Korean company after BR committee found non-compliance by the firm Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Railways ministry has changed a project director, who had halted payment to Hyundai Rotem Company (HRC) for supplying 10 locomotives to Bangladesh Railway breaching the contract, and posted him under a junior in his BCS batch.
The move came at a time when a technical committee has been assigned the job of determining whether those engines can be used for railway operations. Two committees have already found that the South Korean company breached the contract.
South Korean Hyundai Rotem Company has supplied 10 locomotives to Bangladesh Railway deviating from some clauses of the contract, a probe committee has found.
The three-member committee, led by an additional secretary of the railways ministry, has blamed Hyundai and a firm hired by BR for the pre-shipment inspection for this, three people who are aware of the probe findings told The Daily Star.
The committee has recently submitted its report to the ministry and a meeting in this regard, chaired by Railways Secretary Salim Reza, was held at the Rail Bhaban yesterday. A representative from Hyundai was also present.
At the meeting, the secretary informed the participants about the probe findings and formed a technical committee led by Mohammad Hassan Mansur, the previous director of the project, to find a solution.