The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) programme of surprise drives in government offices since October 2017 has emerged as an effective tool to help people get hassle-free services.
“ACC will continue sudden drives at public offices as it has become an effective tool to ensure hassle-free services by stopping irregularities and corruption at the public offices,” Deputy Director (public relations) and spokesperson of the commission Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee said on Saturday.
“The commission has so far conducted over 100 surprise visits to different public offices since October 2017. The drives have been strengthened from mid-June this year following receipt of a huge numbers of allegations over the ACC hotline 106. ACC is now conducting surprise visits to different public offices every day except weekly and public holidays,” he added, reports BSS.
The ACC official said two enforcement teams have been formed to conduct sudden inspections in public offices to prevent bribery. Each of the teams comprises two members and it is headed by an assistant director level officer.
The teams have been entrusted with conducting sudden inspections in public offices to stop bribery and irregularities, he added.
The commission has conducted sudden visits to headquarters of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), Government Transport Pool, and land offices.
In this regard, ACC’s DG (admin) and coordinator of the enforcement teams Munir Chowdhury said, ” “As part of the initiative to ensure the rule of law at the public offices, the ACC has started conducting sudden drives over allegations of corruption received by ACC hotline 106.”
“We must have to ensure uninterrupted services to the people by conducting such surprise drives for making the public offices free from corruption,” he added.
He warned of taking tougher actions against the BRTA personnel if they fail to free the office from brokers.
