A hybrid-power project at Hatiya has finished without installation of the plant.
Necessary logistics, including high-end cars, were all purchased and appointments made but the plant didn't see the light of day, officials said.
They said the authorities spent Tk 91.3 million without construction of the 7.5-megawatt (MW) hybrid power plant funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) finished the project without installation of the power plant although it purchased cars, acquired land, appointed consultants and paid staff salaries, they said.
The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) has found such massive irregularities in the Tk 1.31-billion project tiled 'Installation of an Off-Grid Wind-Solar Hybrid System with HFO-based Engine Driven Generator on Hatya Island'.
The project started in March 2012 and its execution schedule finished in December 2014 sans the plant in place. It was designed as an integrated plant incorporating solar, wind and HFO/diesel as fuels.
The IMED has asked the Power Division for conducting a thorough investigation and taking necessary action on the "massive irregularities in the project-execution cycle", the officials said.
