Rooppur ‘graft’: PWD executive engineer withdrawn

The executive engineer of Public Works Department (Pabna office) was withdrawn today over allegations of irregularities in purchasing furniture and other household items for officials and other employees of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.

Executive Engineer Masudur Rahman was taken into ‘reserve’, according to a letter signed by the chief engineer of PWD, our Pabna correspondent reports quoting Superintendent Engineer of PWD (Pabna Zone) Debashish Chandra Shaha.

Masudur Rahman is the project director of the housing project of the Rooppur nuclear power plant.

According to earlier media reports, excessive price was spent for purchasing furniture and others things for the officials and employees of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant and the salaries fixed for them were also unusual.

The reports said a pillow was purchased at Tk 5,957 and the cost for its lifting to a flat was set at Tk 760. The salary of its project-director was been fixed Tk 4.96 lakh per month.