The caretaker government is digging into tales of land allotment began in 2002 in pursuit of a programme for setting up of fuelling stations. Lands were allotted at throwaway prices to party favourites and relatives of high and mighty, where in many cases CNG filing stations were destined not to be set up in the end. Allotted plots were sold off at higher prices and some were just kept in possession without making installment payments with no questions asked about default. In all this they bypassed the selection committee constituted for the purpose It was highly improper that the selection committee comprising representatives from the communications ministry, Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), Dhaka Wasa, Dhaka Metropolitan Police and the office of the deputy commissioner of Dhaka hardly sat for a meeting. Distribution of plots became a matter to be decided by the ministry of communications, perhaps with a role played by Hawa Bhaban.

But one thing is for sure that the high number of refuelling stations we would have otherwise seen in keeping with the growing number of CNG converted vehicles if all the allotted lands were properly used didn't come up. That's where public interest was spurned. It thus remains one of the major causes for the long-drawn out fuel crisis for the CNG-run vehicles we face today.