Traders are harassed by disconnection of electricity and water if the service is not charged. The association was beaten in the office.
The traders of the Uttara BDR market took Tk 200 a day daily. This amount of money collected from more than 500 stores in the name of service charge exceeds 3 million months.
The traders complained, there is never so much money in the month of the market, including electric bill, water bill and other services. Most of the money earned is in some pockets. Traders are harassed by disconnecting electricity and water if the service is not charged. The association was beaten in the office.
It is known that, from the month of May, 'Uttara 6 Sector started the purchase of essential commodities of the buyer-seller multipurpose co-operative society Limited.' But the strategy was changed within a few days in protest of traders. Withdrawing the receipt, the money collected from the registers was started.
According to the receipt of the service charge, daily electricity bill for 23 rupees, 25 for generator, water bill 7, security workers 'salary 25, cleaners' salary 10, toilet costs 7, office expenses 8, office staff salary 26, market development 40 and other costs 29- This is a total of 200 taka.
The traders claim that the amount of money collected in the name of service charge is not spent on half of it. Most of the money goes in the pocket of the leaders of the association.
Electricity from the whole market is supplied from a line. According to Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO), multipurpose co-operative societies accounted for Tk 1, 45, 500, in June, amounting to 663110000001-meter, in July 1, 93 thousand bills were made. A bill of 65 thousand rupees has been made in the first 11 days of this October. DOSCO officials say that the bill does not exceed two million rupees per month in that meter. But about three and a half million rupees were collected from five hundred shops every day for the electricity bills of Tk 23 a day. That is, the amount of bill that is being made in the month of the year, the amount of double the money is taken from the electricity bill.
WASA has two water connections in the market. General Secretary of the Consumer Association of two connections Anwar Hossain. Two connections in July, 69, 812, in August 56 thousand and 80 in September and 44 thousand 507 bills in September. However, a month more than Tk 1 lakh was given to the traders for more than one lakh rupees.
Traders said that this market was created in 2007 by the BDR. From then on it is known as BDR Market. But now it is managed by the Association. Before May, the association had a service charge of 10 rupees daily. And every store has a sub-meter. He had to pay electricity bill accordingly. In the business type, then the electricity bill came to 300-900 rupees. It would take a businessman's service charge, electricity bills, and spend a maximum of Tk 1,200. Now these costs have increased five to six times.
Vegetable trader Abul Hashem said that they would get security, cleanliness, water, generator and other necessary services before the daily 10 rupees. He said, before the electricity bill came to 300-400 rupees per month according to the meter. The service charge, electricity bill and other expenses amounted to Rs. 700 in the month. Now, small and big businessmen have to pay six thousand rupees a month.
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