Published : 14 Aug 2013, 09:10 PM
Updated : 09 Aug 2022, 11:00 AM
Finance Minister AMA Muhith, while disclosing the decisions of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase to the reporters on Wednesday, burst into laughter mentioning that the committee has approved the purchase of 60,625 electric posts.
Purchase of electric poles during the erstwhile BNP-led government had triggered widespread controversy. The Awami League leaders taking a dig at their political rivals had been claiming that during that time people had got only poles, but not electricity.
The most visible evidence of that 2001-6 era was strewn along the streets and dirt roads: unused electricity poles lying about in their thousands. The government of Khaleda Zia had allegedly bought the poles from a syndicate controlled by her elder son Tarique Rahman.
But, allegations have it that the electricity generated during her rule grew by not a single megawatt.
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