 | Policy to Generate Power on Priority basis and to solve some other Most Important National Issues of our Country & her People
08 November, 2010
Dated : Dhaka, Monday, November 08, 2010
To
Her Excellency, Sheikh Hasina NATIONAL ISSUE ; MOST IMPORTANT
Honorable Prime Minister Personal Attention, Please
&
Minister-in-Charge
Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Subject : Policy to Generate Power on Priority basis to meet the National crisis as well as some
other Most Important National issues of our Daily Lives.
Reference : Indemnity Law approved by your Government ; Fast-track Energy deals for 2 years
Excellency,
As a conscious Citizen and being inspired, I am pleased to draw your kind attention to the above mentioned subject & reference. Well, as per the news published, your DRAFT INDEMNITY Law would allow "Tendering Authorities to quickly publish Tender Notices on Newspapers and Websites, make correspondences and Negotiations with the Bidders through e-mails to FIX Service Prices, which will reduce time to complete the tender process. This law would allow Direct Tendering and Unsolicited deal with a Single Bidder or from a pool of Pre-selected Bidders through Restrictive Tender. But the general idea of the policy is to hold the Tenders among a Selected Group of Bidders and not seek it from a Single Bidder. To ensure the transparency, the Tendering Authorities would follow Bidders' Qualification Criterion and evaluate the bid as per the Standard Practice."
As per that DRAFT LAW, though it is hoped that it would save Time and ensure Transparency and it also sounds very good to the common people at a glance, but actually, the mere hope shall not come true due to the following 05 ( Five ) strongest reasons. In the DRAFT LAW, it used some conditions or used some words like : A) Fixing of price through negotiations ; B) Pre-selected Bidders ; C) Restrictive Tender ; D) Bidders' qualification criterion and E) Evaluate the Bid as per the Standard practice.
What I do strongly believe, your Excellency sincerely want to solve the Power crisis for the smooth development of our People and Country. That is why, as per your Excellency's sinceremost instructions, though that formula was placed before your Excellency by your Experts and which also looks quite fine at a glance from outside, but actually, that formula shall not fulfill your Excellency's dream only due to the most serious bottlenecks of that formula itself.
May be, your Experts might have missed to understand the real bottlenecks of the formula or it might also be so that, they have done it quite purposely with an aim just : ( a ) To kill your most democratic Government's Popularity ; ( b ) To hinder the development process of your Government ; ( c ) To bring extreme miseries to your People and finally, ( d ) To fulfill their own secret monetary gains at the extreme costs of our People & Country by keeping their Guns on your Excellency and your Government's shoulder !!!
Excellency, you gave directions for the 1,200 MW QUICK Rental Power, which also did not work well as you expected, and more or less, the above mentioned 05 reasons are responsible for that unexpected result. We also applied for the Quick Rental Power for a 40 MW Diesel based Power Plant from NEPC, USA at a proposed price of Tk.14.25 per kwh, spent 02 to 03 months' time behind this and finally failed to draw the kind attention of the authority concerned ( though they bought even at a higher price from others ) due to the reasons best known to them.
However, what we do believe, Electricity is required by any means for the Smooth, Proper and Contineous Development of our People & Country and no So-called Research is required to prove that. If your Excellency and your Ministry People do please really agree to that, in that case, those above mentioned 05 ( Five ) most serious bottlenecks from A) to E) must be withdrawn / deleted from the Law ( if not alrady deleted ), as those would certainly hatch unthinkable Corruptions in the Process from EVALUATION to the PRICE NEGOTIATIONS causing the miserable failure of your Excellency's expectations and bring unexplainable misseries, pains & sorrows to our People in all respects. Though you have dropped the TENDER idea, but Evaluation, Price Negotiations and Indemnity Law are there, which beyond any human doubt, shall bring CORRUPTIONS & VIOLENCE in the entire Country, but surely bring Secret Monetary LUCK for the concerned Officials even in a much much larger scale than before.
What I personally & firmly believe, the Power Generation Policy / Law should be free from any "Tender" & "Negotiation" process, if we do really want the smooth and continuous Development of our Country and her People from our heart, as the Quality and Colour of the Generated Electricity throughout the world shall be the same without seeing their caste, creed & colour and by applying the 08 ( Eight ) wonderful measures as under, Corruptions could also be controlled if not 100%, but by minimum 95% from this Power sector.
What I do want to mean, Bangladesh Government should declare much in advance in Public through TV Channels, Newspares, Power Ministry & BPDB Websites and Government Gazette that : (01) The Government has already fixed 64 Numbers of Power Zone ( one in in each District ) or 08 Numbers of Power Zone ( one in each Division ), as the case may be, throughout the Country for the smooth & continuous Power Generation, where the interested Power Generating Company or Person shall be allowed to get a single Plot of appropriate Land ( size of the plot to be based upon their proposal for the Generated MW of Electricity ) on first come first served basis to Generate Electricity in order to sell that Electricity to the Government at the Government's advanced declared price per kwh ; (02) The Government shall buy minimum 03 MW to maximum 250 MW of Electricity for the next 15 to 25 years ; (03) Bangladesh Government shall give the GUARANTEE to buy the Generated Electricity and Per kwh of Electricity shall be bought by the Government at a fixed price of Tk................ and or USD............ ( the price per kwh shall vary for different fuels like: Gas, Diesel, Furnace Oil, Coal and so on ), which shall increase or decrease proportionately per 02 to 03 ( Two to Three ) years depending upon the fluctuation of the International prices of the related Equipments & Fuels ( to avoid unexpected criticisms, the price per kwh of Electricity be fixed much in advance on the basis of at least 17 to 25 average price of Electricity already bought by the Government from the different Companies since the last 15 years ) ; (04) Any Company or Person with just a Trade License shall be allowed to Generate & Sell Electricity to the Government on first come first served basis ; (05) To expand Power business and also to avoid MONOPOLY, minimum 03 MW to maximum 250 MW of Electricity shall be purchased by the Government without any question at a fixed price of Tk......... or USD ...... per kwh from any interested Company or Person ; (06) The Power Generating Companies / Persons must follow the related International Regulations to protect the Environmental issues. In case of any deviation to ensure that, just One ( 01 ) NOTICE from the POWER DIVISION be given with 70 ( Seventy ) days' time to the concerned Company / Person to honour the TERMS & CONDITIONS of their contract signed with the Bangladesh Government and failure to do so, their respective License / Licenses be cancelled within 90 ( Ninety ) days' time from the date of issuance of such Notice / Notices and also be fined Tk.5.00 ( Taka Five ) Crores without showing any leniency in this regard. In case of failure to pay the fine within 30 ( Thirty ) days' time from the mentioned date ( imposing of fine ), the concerned Chairman, Managing Director and the Board of Directors be sent to jail for 01 ( One ) year. (07) Compulsory Fine for the failure of the Required Power Generation on TIME, shall be Tk.1.00 ( Taka One ) lac or equvalent USD per kwh per day and in case of failure to sell the required Electricity on time ( as mentioned in the contract ) to the Government from the Power Genating Company or Person, no litigation or Law suit/s be allowed from them ( Power Generating Companies / Persons ) to perdon them or minimise the declared fine and lastly, (08) Failure to Generate Electricy and sell the same to the Government within maximum 60 ( Sixty ) days of expiration of the contract period, the allocated plot of land be cancelled and again Tk.3.00 ( Taka Three ) Crores be penalised for such failure. Also, if necessary, they be jailed for minimum 03 ( Three ) years in case of failure to pay the imposed fine on time and once the Plot of land is cancelled, that can not be allocated to them by any means any more on any ground.
I do again strongly believe it from my heart that, if the above mentioned 08 ( Eight ) humble suggestions from 01 to 08 are fully accepted and implemented by your Excellency's Government on TOPMOST PRIORITY basis, in that case, there shall not be and can not be any shortage of Electricity in our Country, even Bangladesh shall be in a position to export Electricity to the neighbouring Countries in your Government's period under your Excellency's able leadership.
Not only that, if these humble suggestions are fully accepted and implemented, in that case, the Power Ministry or the BPDB Officials shall never be scared also, as this policy shall not give any scope of corruptions to any one and hence, naturally there shall not be any question or necessity to pass any Indemnity Law ( daaimukti law ) for the concerned Officials or the Policy Makers as well. Therefore, there shall not be any irrelevant critisim as well against your Excellency's Government, which shall certainly bring more or less permanent peace and unexpected good results for the People & their beloved Country.
Excellency, if it sounds good and if you are really sincere to develop the day to day lives of your loving People as well as the Country without any narrow Party Politics, I would humbly request your Excellency to please visit my Personal Website : www.iqbalsharif.com and read : "An Appeal" plus the "ARTICLES/HUMBLE VIEWS" on : "25 Most Important Burning Issues of Bangladesh" ; "Corruption Practice in Bangladesh" ; "Our Coal & Energy Policy" and "Earthquake & The Precautionary Measures in Advance" may please also be read for the perfect development of our beloved People and their Country, which might help a little more to understand and solve the present crisis of Bangladesh.
Excellency, considering only the NATIONAL INTERESTS ( no personal interest/s ), if those 08 ( Eight ) humble suggestions are executed on Topmost National Priority basis without any deviation, in that case, nobody should think that, in that situation, all the inexperienced Power Generating Companies and Persons shall form a big QUE to Generate and Sell Power to the Government.
Actually, what I firmly believe, due to the MOST FLEXIBLE as well as MOST RIGID TERMS, only the real experienced, Technically & Financially solvent Companies and Persons, would come forward to Generate Electricity & Sell the same to the Government to meet your DEMANDS on EMERGENCY basis. On the otherhand, the Brief-case Companies & Persons shall be ousted permanently from this POWER SECTOR, while nobody could think of any CORRUPTION to make PERSONAL MONETARY gains and to hinder the smooth National Development of our great People, their Country and your Excellency's Government.
I do understand, there might be some controversies to execute the above mentioned FINES as well as the JAIL sentences, which might be either decreased or increased most logically / rationally depending upon your Excellency's kind decision, but that FINE and JAIL terms must be there to solve the POWER and other NATIONAL crisis permanently from this soil of Bangladesh and the minds of her People.
Would your Excellency have time to read my present e-mail for the greater interests of your People & Country ? If agreed to my humble suggestions, would your Excellency please instruct your Ministry and BPDB Officials to please implement those 08 ( Eight ) suggestions on Topmost Priority basis, please ?
If any confusion or misunderstanding to implement the above mentioned 08 ( Eight ) humble suggestions, in that case, to overcome those unexpected criticisms, I might be invited and discussed LIVE on all the TV Channels at a time in your Excellency's presence including the presence of the Hon'ble Ministers, Members of Parliament, Dignified Personalities, whose Names & Designations have been mentioned in this e-mail while forwarding Copies of this e-mail to them.
Even, if required, other Digniteries and Experts might also be invited for a better and most appropriate conclusive discussions and decission/s, whose names I have forgot to include at this moment and I may please be excused for that unexpected mistake.
Thanking your Excellency in advance for your most precious Govt.time to read this e-mail and passing a positive instruction to your concerned Government Officials to please implement those 08 ( Eight ) humble suggestions on TOPMOST PRIORITY basis considering the GREATEST NATIONAL INTERESTS of BANGLADESH and her PEOPLE .
Would your Excellency do please come forward to execute this formula just to implement your own DIGITAL PLAN, as you promised in the last National Election ?
Would you, please ?
With kindest regards,
Sincerely yours,
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Muhd.Iqbal Hussain Sharif
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