Bhutan is dead against corruption and Bharat is dead to corruption.
On Mar 18, 9:43 pm, Babubhai Vaghela <vaghel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Mr G C Daga,
>
> This has reference to the media news on the subject matter.
>
> In my openion, in all fairness to Bhutan - a clean country that is dead
> against corruption - our neighbour and to the esteemed customer of Indian
> Oil Corporation Limited, the investigation in the serious complaint on
> quality / quantity needs to be carried out jointly and not only by IOC
> Officers.
>
> While at their end, they have already taken action of suspending the licence
> of M/s KSD, it may not be out of the way to compensate Bhutan for the loss
> they suffered if everything is not fine at our end supplying the product on
> ex-MI basis.
>
> Kindly look into for corrective actions on priority so as not to displease
> the customer of last 36 years and express the sentiment that "*they are the
> god and whether they give us excess or less, we'll have to take it anyhow*".
>
> Regards,
>
> --
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>
> *Onus on supplier-transporter nexus: IOCL*
>
> *The Indian Oil investigation team points its finger of blame*
>
> *Bitumen Supply 16 March, 2011 - *A nexus between the Bhutanese supplier and
> their transporter might have resulted in underweight bitumen barrels
> entering Bhutan, according to the five-member investigation team from Indian
> Oil corporation limited (IOCL), the principle suppliers, who were in the
> country recently to investigate the issue.
>
> The team, which was in Phuentsholing and Thimphu on a two-day visit from
> March 13, carried out a random verification of bitumen barrels of KSD
> Supplies and Bhutan Tshongley in Phuentsholing, where a shortfall of about
> five to 10kg were found, while some weighed two to five kilograms more.
> Water content was also found to be very high.
>
> The investigation report was submitted to the trade department yesterday.
>
> IOCL officials said, of the 60,000MT of bitumen they supplied in a month
> from their refinery in Haldia, West Bengal, around 15,000MT were packed in
> barrels. Of this, two to five percent of barrels a month were supplied to
> Bhutan. "The remaining quantity is supplied to other areas in West Bengal,"
> IOCL's chief manager of consumer and sales division, Saibal Das, said. "No
> complaints on quality or quantity have been received from other areas, apart
> from Bhutan."
>
> Bitumen is a product supplied on ex-MI basis, meaning IOCL's responsibility
> ceases once the product exits the gate of their premises at Haldia.
>
> IOCL officials also asked trade officials to visit their refinery to be
> assured of the quality and quantity.
>
> They said a representative of KSD Supplies visited the refinery to check the
> filling and stacking and a quality assurance letter was signed between KSD's
> representative and IOCL.
>
> KSD's representative, Binay Jain, who visited the refinery, said it wasn't
> an assurance letter he signed, but a report after random checking of bitumen
> barrels at Haldia. "They can't make such baseless allegations," he said,
> adding there was an excess of about 2.6 kg a barrel at the refinery.
>
> Bhutanese contractors, who have imported bitumen in the past, said they have
> found old shoes and rags inside the barrels.
>
> The senior divisional consumer sales manager, Sujon Bhattacharya, said
> there's no scope for water at a temperature of 1130C. They said their
> refinery in Haldia followed standard norms in filling and stacking, where
> they do not put water, because at a temperature of 1130C, mixing water
> wasn't possible as it led to huge expansion of foams inside barrels.
>
> Sick and leaked drums are also instantly separated at the source, they said.
> Presence of foreign materials inside the drum wasn't possible, since bitumen
> was directly pumped from filling machines and then sealed.
>
> IOCL officials said tampering en route was possible, as many technologies
> were available for squeezing out bitumen from barrels within a short period
> of time, and that there's a possibility to refill bitumen by a third party
> in barrels, which are similar to IOCL's.
>
> IOCL officials also said KSD and Bhutan Tshongley had the same transporter,
> Kalpana road carriers, while Bhutan bitumen had a different transporter, AS
> transporter, which did not report any discrepancies.
>
> Bhutan bitumen, however, imports bitumen in tankers to process it in to
> emulsion, but faced a similar shortfall of about 200kg for a truckload, when
> they imported in barrels last month.
>
> KSD Supplies said the investigation report is one-sided. "When no tampering
> is visible on the barrels, KSD won't accept it," the proprietor, KS Dhendup,
> said, adding that they were told the barrels were forklifted. "The fork
> marks were clearly visible on the barrels, with no tampering of any sort."
>
> Both the supplier Bhutan Tshongley and KSD said that their consignment from
> the IOCL always came within the stipulated time of three days from Haldia to
> Bhutan a distance of 850km. "We know that our transporters aren't capable of
> doing it," said KS Dhendup.
>
> KSD supplies said they enquired with some transporters in India and found
> that there were cases where some faced a similar situation.
>
> The issue started after Wangchuk Construction had bought 1,000 barrels of
> bitumen worth Nu 5.8M from KSD last month, but found that the consignment
> was short by Nu 1.1M in weight. The proprietor then filed a complaint with
> the trade department, and a joint inspection was carried out on February 12
> by trade, roads and standard quality and control authority officials, in the
> presence of both the parties.
>
> Apart from KSD, Bhutan Bitumen and Bhutan Tshongley, had also filed
> complaints with IOCL when the bitumen barrels indicated shortage in weight.
>
> Bhutan Tshongley's proprietor, Sangay Dorji said he doesn't see any solution
> to the issue. "They are aware that there are no other alternatives for
> Bhutan," he said. "We don't have a choice but to go back to them," he said.
> "I've told them that they are the god and whether they give us excess or
> less, we'll have to take it anyhow."
>
> IOCL has been the sole supplier to Bhutan for the past 36 years.
>
> http://www.kuenselonline.com/2010/modules.php?name=News&file=article&...
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>
> *KSD Supplies' license suspended*
>
> *Trade dept. pulls up company for failure to compensate client*
>
> *Bitumen Scam 17 March, 2011 - *The trade license of KSD Supplies has been
> suspended, as it failed to compensate the contractor, who had bought from it
> underweight bitumen barrels.
>
> A letter from the trade department to the regional director states, "The
> trade license of KSD Supplies is to be suspended immediately for violation
> of his obligation and pending investigation".
>
> The trade department had directed KSD Supplies to compensate Wangchuk
> Construction, either by cash or replace the shortfall with bitumen by March
> 10.
>
> KSD Supplies imports bitumen from Indian Oil Corporation ltd (IOCL) in
> Haldia, West Bengal, and the sole supplier of bitumen to Bhutan.
>
> The proprietor of KSD Supplies, K S Dhendup, said he had not yet received a
> copy of the letter. He said he would be able to comment only after he gets
> the letter.
>
> Wangchuk Construction had bought 1,000 barrels of bitumen worth Nu 5.8M from
> KSD, but the consignment was short by Nu 1.1M in weight.
>
> A joint inspection was carried out on February 12 by trade, roads and
> standard quality and control authority officials in presence of both the
> parties.
>
> Karma Tenzin of Wangchuk construction said he would file a court case
> against KSD Supplies.
>
> A five-member investigation team from IOCL was also in the country recently
> to investigate the issue, as KSD Supplies denied any involvement in bitumen
> barrels that entered underweight. They maintained that they would be able to
> refund, only after they are refunded from IOCL, since the barrels came
> intact, without any visible signs of tampering.
>
> In its report to the trade department, IOCL officials stated that collusion
> between the supplier and their transporter might have resulted in
> underweight bitumen barrels.
>
> The IOCL officials carried out a random verification of bitumen barrels of
> KSD Supplies and another supplier that also faced a similar situation,
> Bhutan Tshongley, in Phuentsholing. A shortfall of about five to 10kg was
> found, while some weighed two to five kilograms more. Water content was also
> found to be very high.
>
> KS Dhendup, however, said the allegation was baseless and that their
> conscience was clear. "If we were involved, we wouldn't have insisted on an
> investigation but settled the issue with the contractor."
>
> The trade department imposed a temporary ban on bitumen imports on March 1.
> Some contractors have complained against the ban "Not only will our work be
> delayed, our overheads will increase as well," said one.
>
> *By Kinga Dema*
>
> *http://www.kuenselonline.com/2010/modules.php?name=News&file=article&...
> *
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Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth. - Mohandas Gandhi
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