Nandipur questions

This refers to the news report, ‘No corruption in Nandipur: Sethi’ (September 12). One disagrees with the assertion that “corruption was not an issue in the Nandipur power project and that the intentions of both the PPP and the PML-N were genuine but the decisions were not right”. Who allowed the costly and urgently needed power generation equipment to rust at the Karachi Port for over five years? Is this incompetence not a form of corruption? Why was the law ministry during the PPP government sitting on the sovereign guarantee for two-and-a-half years? Why was the machinery shipped to the site in the absence of such a guarantee and kept lying at the port for five years? What was the extent of damage to the machinery and the cost of its repair/replacement?
The minister concerned has attributed all delays to an undersized furnace oil treatment plan. Who accepted this plant and why? Was it done as per the technical specifications specified in the contract? Were the technical specifications the same as required by a 425MW plant? Was it a turnkey contract? If so, why was the contract for the FOTP given to GE? Was the plant officially accepted before the PM was asked to inaugurate it? Were Liquidated Damage clauses incorporated in the contract? Is there a warranty clause in the contract? If so, then why are we worried about the O&M aspect at this stage? The absence of the warranty clause is a serious lapse.
Group Captain (r) Saeed Nawaz Khan
Rawalpindi