Corruption of up to Tk50,000cr in roads, highways sector in last 15 years

From 2009-10 fiscal twelve months to 2022-23 fiscal twelve months, the manager’s whole allocation for the Roads and Highways Department was Tk169,449 crore. Of this quantity, the corruption fee is 23-40%, which amounts to between Tk29,230 crore and Tk50,835 crore.

This info was reported in a research characterize of Transparency Global Bangladesh (TIB) within the capital this day (9 October).

In accordance with the researchers, the initiatives accomplished between the financial twelve months 2017-18 to the financial twelve months 2021-22 are incorporated within the scope of this peep (the implementation duration of these initiatives is from FY2010-11 to FY2018-19). This peep has observed initiatives connected to road constructing, road trend, motorway constructing, motorway trend (below 1,500 meters) and other infrastructure constructing.

Recordsdata has been collected from the areas below the jurisdiction of 21 Divisional Offices (District Level) of 13 Circles of 10 Zones of Roads and Public Ways Department pondering the quantity, form, allocation and geographical region of accomplished initiatives.