Explanation on the published news about the staff salary and allowance of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant construction project and Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Limited (NPCBL), from the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, which is the implementing organization and company owner organization.
1. All staff who have so far been working in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant construction project are the regular staff of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. For the sake of proper implementation of the project they have been attached with the project. But they draw the salary and allowance from Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission as per pay scale fixed by the Government.
2. Staff salary structure of Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Limited has been fixed by the Board of the company in line with the salary structure of other similar public companies. The Board of Directors is constituted by representatives from Government’s Finance Division, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Ministry of Law, other Ministries and organizations.
3. Neither Project Director (PD), nor Deputy Project Director (DPD) of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Construction Project receives any salary or allowance from the project. They are the regular staff of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and draw salary and allowances from the Commission as per fixed pay scale. Project Director simultaneously serves as the Managing Director of the company, but he does not draw any salary or allowances from the company. Besides, there is no scope of receiving salary and allowance from more than one organization.
4. So far, no driver and cook has been appointed in the company. So, the question about their salary and allowances is illogical. But if drivers and cooks are appointed in future their monthly salary including allowances would be Tk. 24,400. The drivers and cooks working in the project are under muster-roll and on daily basis, and each of them draw a maximum of Tk. 15,500 per month. So the information published regarding salary and allowances of project and company staff are simply imaginary and an attempt to hurt the image of the project.