RAJUK plots

By Imtiaz Ahmed, On e-mail
12 March 2004, 18:00 PM
I thank The Daily Star for publishing a news item on Gulshan-Banani plot allotment. The experience that I had while submitting an application for a plot of that project indicates that the DS report was absolutely true.

When I went to submit application for RAJUK residential plots for Gulshan-Banani area, I asked someone to show me the place where I could submit the application in Janata Bank, RAJUK branch. He showed me a queue. When my turn came, I found that the person was receiving applications for residential plots at Uttara. I asked him whether he would also receive the forms for Gulshan-Banani. He said, 'Yes'. So, I gave the form to him along with a pay order of Tk 3 lakh. However, the deposit slip that he gave me was showing that it was for Uttara. Later I found that the account number of the deposit slip was also for Uttara. I brought it to the notice of the bank officer who was receiving the applications. He became angry with me and said that it was not my duty to dictate him in his work. Since it was a matter of a big amount of money, I drew his notice to the wrong account number. He gave me the application and told me to give it to the next table. The guy took the application and threw it into an open file cabinet. Being unsatisfied about the answer and the behaviour of the officers, I talked to another officer who gave me a hint that there was a directive from the top to avoid receiving applications for Gulshan-Banani plots from ordinary citizens.

My question is, if RAJUK has a pre-selected list of allotees then why does it collect this huge amount of money from people like us and drag them into a deception game? Who will compensate for the financial loss that every applicant will incur for keeping this huge amount of money in RAJUK's account for nothing?

I request the print and electronic media to keep an eye on the issue.