11,621 audit objections in 15 Petrobangla companies.
Thousands of audit objections are ongoing in 15 companies under the Bangladesh Oil and Gas Mineral Resources Corporation (Petrobangla). Separate cases are also being filed regarding these audit objections. But even after years, these are not being resolved.
Sources say that as of last October, about 11,621 audit objections have been generated in 15 companies. In financial terms, the amount is 2,850 million taka. Out of these, 27 audit objections have been resolved according to the latest calculation. According to the information received, the maximum audit objections are 2,030 of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company. There are 942 audit objections from Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company, 1,157 audit objections from Petrobangla, 1,111 audit objections from Bangladesh Gas Distribution Company, 1,113 audit objections from Sylhet Gas Fields Limited Company, 896 audit objections from Jalalabad Gas Company, 1,011 audit objections from Gas Transmission Company, 451 audit objections from Transformed Natural Gas Company, 1,14 audit objections from Bapex, 545 audit objections from Madhyapara Granite Company, 259 audit objections from Joypurhat Limestone Mine Cement Project, 340 audit objections from Paschimchanchal Gas.
Company Limited, 374 audit objections from Barapukuria Coal Mining Company, 416 audit objections from Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company, and 72 audit objections from Sundarban Gas Company. According to the Ministry of Energy, these outstanding audit objections involve a financial implication of Tk 1,26,159 crore.
Seven cases are ongoing in Bapex as serious audit objections. The shortage of goods in the warehouse caused a loss of 1.4 million taka. As a result, a case is underway against those responsible. In addition, a case of 1.7 million taka is ongoing due to the shortage of goods in 179 items. Goods disappeared from the central warehouse in Chittagong. In addition, a case is ongoing for paying salaries and allowances to those responsible despite being temporarily suspended twice for embezzling government goods from the central warehouse.
Another case is ongoing in the company for not collecting compensation despite the theft of goods from the warehouse. Other cases of Bapex include causing a loss of about 1.8 million taka by removing or removing goods from the central warehouse, shortage of medicines in the medical store, and embezzlement of about 30 million taka by five officials at different levels of Bapex by creating fake bill vouchers in procurement.
A senior official of Petrobangla told our time in this regard, our government management is very complex. Some audit objections continue for years. However, the government has a separate audit office. He said that in the last 15 years, thousands of crores of taka have been done in companies under the Fuel Department. There have been many mismanagement and irregularities in these works. As a result, audit objections are natural. But even if these audit objections are raised, there is no initiative to resolve them. As a result, they continue for years.
The official said that if the Audit Department had honestly analyzed the financial matters related to the government, irregularities in government procurement would have reduced a lot.
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