There have been allegations of major irregularities and corruption in the procurement of pigeon harbor. 60 crore material handlers have been purchased without tender. Similarly, prime mover worth Tk 9 crore and 28 trailer containers worth Tk 9.5 crore have been purchased. The goods of the port are loaded and unloaded with these purchased equipments. Besides, the financial loss of the government due to irregularities, corruption and looting at various stages of an infrastructure development project is 286 crore rupees. 30 crore bill was paid without purchasing the tugboat. Besides, many irregularities were found in the project costing 1 thousand 840 crore rupees. The Directorate of Transport Audit raised 13 audit objections due to such various irregularities and corruption during the regime of the fallen Sheikh Hasina government. At the same time, the report of the Planning Commission's Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Department (IMED) has also revealed such irregularities. Along with this, the organization has urged for speedy resolution of audit objections. Apart from that, work worth Tk 1,583 crore has been done through sub-contractors in violation of the terms of the contract.

Allegations have been made that most of the irregularities and corruption took place with the connivance of the former shipping minister of the Awami League government and an influential director of Payarabandar, blessed by the state minister, and some of his family members. Those concerned say that the director was a very close relative of former shipping minister Shajahan Khan and the last Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury. That's why he didn't care about anything. Even though there were several movements and strikes against that official during the fallen Awami League government, he was unstoppable. Allegedly, soon after the current interim government came to power, he switched bowls and joined the government. Due to which most of the influential officials of the port have been transferred to other places, but he is still in good health. Not only him, but all the influential contractors of his family are still controlling all purchases and tenders of the port. When Awami League government was in power, it purchased material handlers worth US$ 5 million (Tk 60 crore) from China for Pyarabandar without any tender. On February 7, a private bank's LC No. 0000214924010519.

It is alleged that the syndicate made a commission of at least 5 crore rupees from this purchase. Also, during the previous Awami League government, the syndicate purchased 28 container trailers worth about 1 million US dollars from China without tender. The purchase was made on December 26 last year through a government bank LC. In addition, 2 reach trackers worth about 1 million US dollars were also purchased from China without tender. That purchase process is also through LC of a government bank. Not only this, these syndicate members also bought 20 prime movers worth about 1 million US dollars from China during the defunct Awami League government.

It is alleged that most of the purchases have been made through several companies of the family of the director of Payra port. One of these organizations is Water Birds Limited. It is basically an indirect ownership company of that director. The head office of the organization is in a house on road number 8 of Mohakhali DOHS. In addition to Water Birds Limited, there is another office called GreenDot Limited owned by the director. All kinds of purchases and development works of Payarabandar were managed through these two institutions. It is known that the influential director of Payarabandar lives with his family in a flat of that house. Basically, the tender schedule of various procurement and development projects of Payarabandar was controlled from that house. Commission trade of large sums of money is transacted there. Those concerned said that the director of Payarabandar is still in good health even though many of the corrupt people of Sheikh Hasina's government escaped in the mass movement of the students.

Financial loss to the government: According to the IMED report, the government has incurred a financial loss of Tk 286 crore due to non-compliance of norms and Public Procurement Act and Rules (PPR) in a project related to infrastructure development of Payarabandar. This includes income tax and VAT not deducted at the time of advance bill payment. Less VAT deducted on other bill payments. As a result, the government has suffered a financial loss of Tk 26 crore. The government has suffered a financial loss of Tk 90 lakh 20 thousand due to violation of the Ministry's instructions and payment of bills without late penalty. Due to PPR-2008 and non-insuring of the contractor in violation of the terms of the contract, the revenue loss to the government due to VAT on premiums is Tk 1 crore 22 lakh 49 thousand.

Besides, the government has suffered a financial loss of Tk 20 crore 48 lakh 96 thousand due to paying the bill at a higher price than the money allocated in the DPP. The financial loss of the government is Tk 15 lakh 66 thousand due to paying the bill by including the amount of improve subgrade in excess of the actual amount. Due to payment of bills more than the contracted amount, the government has incurred a financial loss of Tk 1 crore 11 thousand.

Without coordination with Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) without necessary assessment, the company has incurred a financial loss of Tk 227 crore 59 lakh 91 thousand due to completion of dredging of connecting river before construction of yard and jetty for berthing-unberthing. In violation of the instructions of PPR-2008, mentioning the brand of the car and purchasing the car through the contractor without the actual supplier at a price higher than the price fixed by the Ministry of Finance, the financial loss of the government has been 8 lakh 50 thousand taka. Due to non-sale of the houses, plants and other structures located on the acquired land, the financial loss of the government is Tk 17 crore 66 lakh 90 thousand. Due to removal of houses, plants and other structures free of charge without selling them at auction, the government has incurred a financial loss of Tk 1 crore 76 lakh 69 thousand in terms of VAT and income tax.

Irregular expenditure of Tk 226 crore 33 lakh 71 thousand has been incurred through execution of work through inefficient contractor through direct procurement process instead of open tender process, which is a clear violation of DPP. The procurement of a tugboat was contracted for delivery within 18 months and after an extension of 12 months, the tugboat was not received despite an unauthorized lapse of 36 months. However, despite not getting the boat, the bill of 30 crore 89 lakh 48 thousand taka has been paid.

According to the report of IMED, the fast-track project for the development of necessary infrastructure or facilities for the operation of Parabandar is to be implemented in the period from July 2015 to June 2023. The project has already been revised twice. The original sanctioned cost of the project was Tk 1,228 crore. In the first amendment, the cost of the project increased to Tk 3,350 crore and the time was extended by two years to June 2020. However, as the work was not completed within the stipulated period, the period was extended by two years by increasing the expenditure by 1 thousand 24 crores. The cost of the project has increased to 4 thousand 374 crores. As the work was not completed in the period of June 2022, the period was extended for one more year. If the work is not completed, it has been proposed to extend the period for one more year i.e. till June 2024.

A protection wall in Parabandar is alleged to have collapsed before the construction was completed. Another wall of 100 feet length was damaged. According to port authority sources, a contractor named ABM Water Company has been awarded the work of boundary guidewall and side development. After two-thirds of the work was completed, the wall on the north side adjacent to the port quarter leaned towards the canal. Residents and port officials have complained of extensive corruption and irregularities in this work. It was said that administrative action would be taken against the contractor, but ultimately no action was taken against anyone. It is known that the accused company is the brother's company of the influential director of the port.

In this regard, Nasir Uddin, the project director of Payarabandar, was contacted several times on the telephone, but he did not receive the call. However, when a message was sent to the mobile phone mentioning the names of the complaints, he replied 'so or not' and said 'very good'.