অনুমোদনহীন প্ল্যান্টের নামে যন্ত্রপাতি আমদানিতে ভয়াবহ শুল্ক ফাঁকি | Customs Duty | Kaler Kantho — Transcript

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1. 0:00No government approval. No license to
2. 0:02operate a refinery.
3. 0:04Yet, ignoring all this, TK Group's
4. 0:07subsidiary, Super Petrochemical PLC,
5. 0:10continues to build its fuel refinery.
6. 0:14There are allegations that the plant's
7. 0:16machinery was imported without necessary
8. 0:19government clearances.
9. 0:20Stakeholders fear this could lead to tax
10. 0:23evasion worth hundreds of crores.
11. 0:26Building a refinery requires over 31
12. 0:28approvals from various agencies,
13. 0:30including the BPC, Department of
14. 0:33Environment, Fire Service, Explosives
15. 0:35Department, and NBR.
16. 0:39Beyond construction, the company has
17. 0:41also requested permission to import 1.2
18. 0:43million tons of crude oil annually for
19. 0:45refining.
20. 0:47This includes 400,000 tons of light
21. 0:49crude and 800,000 tons of heavy crude.
22. 0:52The company is also accused of equating
23. 0:54condensate with light crude and
24. 0:56providing conflicting information to
25. 0:58various government offices about the
26. 1:01same project.
27. 1:02Essentially, different letters submitted
28. 1:04to various government departments about
29. 1:06the same plant and project contain
30. 1:08contradictory data.
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34. 1:19>> These facts were uncovered through
35. 1:21government documents, interviews with
36. 1:23relevant parties, and on-site
37. 1:25investigations.
38. 1:27The activities of the Chittagong-based
39. 1:29TK Group's Super Petrochemical PLC have
40. 1:31caused concern in the energy sector.
41. 1:36Experts are expressing frustration that
42. 1:39while Eastern Refinery works to ensure
43. 1:42national energy security, a private
44. 1:45refinery is building a plant with
45. 1:47massive investment without permits, yet
46. 1:50neither the BPC nor the ministry is
47. 1:53taking legal action to shut it down.
48. 1:59Experts fear that operating such a
49. 2:01sensitive energy project without proper
50. 2:04scrutiny could pose significant risks to
51. 2:06the nation's energy security and import
52. 2:08management.
53. 2:10Questions have arisen: how is
54. 2:12construction continuing without so many
55. 2:14approvals, and why are regulatory
56. 2:16agencies not taking effective action?