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UNB, Dhaka

Corruption prevention committees at the district and upazila levels, a move initiated by the Anti-Corruption Commission with a view to creating mass awareness against the all-pervasive vice, are likely to begin functioning at the end of December next.

"We've already received the proposed names of the members of all the corruption prevention committees at the district and upazila levels. Six ACC directors were assigned to verify the names of the country's six divisions and the verification was supposed to be completed by Ramadan," a competent source told UNB.

He, however, said they have not yet received the verification report. The source said ACC Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, who has so far visited 31 districts, will start visiting the remaining 34 districts from mid-November. "On completion of his visits, all the 64 districts and verification, members of the committees will be called in capital Dhaka in phases to inform them of their responsibilities."

So, the source said, it would take until the end of December for the Commission to complete all these works and thus enable the committees to start working.

Replying to a query, he said there are objections about 22 upazila prevention committees out of nearly 480, but there is no objection about the district committees.