Release of full audit of public relief program at TSC, says convenors
October 2, 20243 Mins Read
Jumbangla Desk: A full audit of the public relief program undertaken by the anti-discrimination student movement to stand by the people during the severe floods in the southeastern part of the country has been announced. According to the full report, a total of 11 crore 69 lakh 84 thousand 420 taka in the public relief program. And 1 crore 78 lakh 33 thousand 207 taka has been spent. At present two bank accounts have a total of Tk 9 crore 91 lakh 51 thousand 213.

This audit was released in a press conference organized at the Dhaka University (DU) Student-Teacher Center (TSC) auditorium on Tuesday (01 October) night. The audit was announced by PKF Aziz Halim Khair Chowdhury Chartered Account Partner and Anti Discrimination Student Movement Auditor Golam Fazlul Kabir.

According to the audit report, Tk 9 crore 85 lakh 15 thousand 725 in cash for flood victims, Tk 78 lakh 57 thousand 216 in bank account and Tk 99 lakh 44 thousand 369 were found in mobile banking. In addition, 6 lakh 67 thousand 110 taka is available for sale of dollars, gold, prize bonds and other items. Total income 11 crore 69 lakh 84 thousand 420 taka.

On the other hand, 1 crore 37 lakh 92 thousand 130 taka for purchase of relief, 12 lakh 6 thousand 500 taka for donation to other organizations, 4 lakh 63 thousand taka for transportation cost, 12 lakh 43 thousand 497 taka for support of volunteers, purchase of packaging products 11 lakh 24 thousand 940 taka and other expenses 3 thousand 120 taka. The total cost is 1 crore 78 lakh 33 thousand 207 taka.

At present, two bank accounts of anti-discrimination student movement have 9 crore 91 lakh 51 thousand 213 taka.

In a press conference, Golam Fazlul Kabir said, We were called for the audit on September 10, which we completed on September 30. It takes 20 days in total. The coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement took money into personal accounts for special needs. Later we have to account for creating personal account and transferring there, besides coins of 2 lakh rupees, then also getting money by selling scrap, gold which is added later. There has been a delay in accounting mainly to make the income-expenditure accounts transparent.

Coordinator Lutfar Rahman said, we will send this money of the fund through the relief ministry of the government to conduct the rehabilitation program. Of this, 8 crore rupees will be spent on rehabilitation activities and the rest will be used for relief activities in North Bengal. Activities have already started in North Bengal.

Hasnat Abdullah said, money has been added to the fund even after we suspended the relief program on the 4th. Some checks that could not be cashed initially for some reason were later cashed. For example we initially did not have an account in the name of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement so the checks could not be used but later when the account was created they could be used. Some jewelry scraps were sold that we were able to add to the money later. We also found many coins that were not counted at the time. After counting, their amount stood at more than 2 lakh rupees. As a result, the amount of money increases.

Regarding the delay in publishing the accounts, Sarjis Alam said that time has been taken to publish the accounts for the sake of transparency. A detailed account of each issue is presented in this audit. Many of us have paid money in personal accounts which have also been brought under this account. In these 20 days, when and how much money was bought in each shop, where, how much money was given, how much was spent on volunteers, how many coins, how much jewelry was there, all came up. There is no opportunity for a single money to be transferred here and there. We have heard so many criticisms but have not responded just for today.

Seeking a permanent solution to the floods in North Bengal, Sarjis Alam said, "We want a permanent solution to the Teesta Master Plan, not only in drafts and documents." He called on the government to take visible steps for this.

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