Take action against ACI for supplying substandard agricultural machinery: parliamentary body
A parliamentary human body yesterday recommended to take required action against the ACI company for supplying substandard life-saving elements and agricultural machinery, especially merged harvester.
The parliamentary watchdog on agriculture developed the recommendations at its meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
Ruling Awami League MP and chief of the parliamentary standing committee Matia Chowdhury presided more than the meeting.
Committee users Abdur Razzak, also agriculture minister, Imaz Uddin Pramanik, Md. Moslem Uddin, Md. Mamunur Rashid Kiran, Anwarul Abedin Khan, Umme Kulsum and Hosne Ara participated in the getting together with.
Contacted FH Ansarey, taking care of director, ACI Motors, advised The Daily Star that they procured put together harvester -- made in China -- from a Japanese company two years ago.
"This equipment was marketed after right ensure that you examination," he added.
Ansarey said that 70 percent of the farmers bought this machine according with their choice over the last boro season.
"We will be the major supplier available in the market and it's the best option of the farmers," he added.
The standing committee in the meeting also recommended to lessen dependency on India to meet up the demand of onion.
The watchdog body recommended to take important steps to conduct research and take alternative likely to decrease the impact of India's ban on onion and jute seed exports to Bangladesh.
The Jatiya Sangsad committee also asked the ministry to take appropriate measures to recognize the reason for the shortage of potatoes and onions even after almost all of the restaurants remained closed during the pandemic.
The meeting was attended by the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, heads of varied departments and concerned officials of the ministry and the parliament secretariat.
