Mymensingh City Corporation
Mymensingh City Corporation ময়মনসিংহ সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | April 2, 2018 |
New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Mokhtar Ahmed since 19 August 2024 | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Yusuf Ali since 8 January 2022 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats 44 councillors |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
First election | 8 May 2019 |
Last election | 9 March 2024 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
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| Nagar Bhaban, Mymensingh | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Mymensingh City Corporation (Bengali: ময়মনসিংহ সিটি কর্পোরেশন: in short-MCC), is a local governing body that administered all civic services in the Mymensingh, the city of Bangladesh. The MCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 44 councillors. It follows The City Corporation act, 2009 and derives most of its powers from it.
Mymensingh City Corporation is the municipal corporation of the city of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The city is located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Dhaka, the capital of the country.[1]
About MCC
[edit]Mymensingh Municipality was upgraded to a city corporation, the country's 12th, on 2 April 2018 at a meeting of the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Reforms (NICAR), after satisfying all eight criteria for forming a city corporation.[2] At the time, Cabinet Division Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) NM Ziaul Alam declared that the new city corporation would consist of Mymensingh Municipality, two whole union parishads, and parts of six others, out of the thirteen union parishads of Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. Mymensingh Municipality had an estimated 2018 population of 471,858 in an area of 91.315 square kilometres (35.257 sq mi).[3]
History
[edit]In September 2011, the Mymensingh Zila Nagorik Andolon campaigned to turn Mymensingh into the divisional capital and a city corporation.[4][5] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to turn Mymensingh into a city corporation in January 2013.[6] Mymensingh city was made the capital of the newly formed Mymensingh division, which was the 8th division of Bangladesh.[7][8] On 20 November 2017 the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation decided to make Mymensingh into a city corporation.[9][10][11]
Services
[edit]The MCC Government is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
| Departments | Services |
|---|---|
| Electricity | Maintenance of road lighting and street lamps. |
| Urban Planning and Development | Development and renovation of roads, drains, canals, bridges, culverts and footpaths etc. |
| Land development and city beautification. | |
| Urban expansion and development of planned residential areas. | |
| Engineering | Granting permission to cut roads for laying gas, water lines. |
| Building Design Approval, Contractor Registration, Contractor Renewal, Land Demarcation Certificate. | |
| Transportation and Communication | Urban transport system and de-congestion. |
| City traffic control and parking management. | |
| Emergency transportation and storage of corpses. | |
| Construction and Management of Bus Terminals. | |
| Road roller hire, provision of ambulance for sick patients. | |
| Waste Management and Cleaning | Solid waste management and street cleaning. |
| Clearing drains and eliminating waterlogging. | |
| Mosquito eradication. | |
| Health | Management of Matrisadan Hospital and General Hospital Charitable Hospital and Homeo Charitable Hospital |
| Immunization of mothers and children, deworming and conduct of vitamin A+ campaign under EPI programme. | |
| Diploma in Midwifery Institute and Management of Health Technology. | |
| Registrar | Registration of births/deaths and issuance of certificates. |
| Issuance of nationality, inheritance and character certificates. | |
| Education | Conducting Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools, Furkaniya Madrasas, Sanskrit Tolls and Kindergartens. |
| Management of computer institutes and technical training institutes. | |
| Management of Adult Education and Teacher Training Centres. | |
| Conducting theater institutes for healthy development in cultural activities. | |
| Water Supply and Sewerage | Clean Water Supply and Sewerage Management in the entire City Corporation. |
| Revenue | New issue/renewal of trade license, change of name and change of ownership. |
| Issuance of holding number, change of number, collection of holding tax and reduction of tax, cancellation of holding name etc. | |
| Allotment of shops owned by the Corporation, transfer of shops, allotment of market shops, lease of huts, maintenance of fixed assets of the Corporation. | |
| Security and Law and Order | Coordinating with concerned authorities to ensure city security. |
| Installing and monitoring CCTV cameras. | |
| Magistracy | Settlement of cases through arbitration and appellate court proceedings. |
| Mobile court to conduct anti-adulteration campaign. | |
| Housing and Public Works | Distribution of residential plots and flats to solve the city's housing crisis. |
| Social Welfare | Celebration of National Days, Annual Donations. |
| Construction of children's parks to increase children's recreational facilities. | |
| Environmental Protection | Controlling climate pollution and tackling the effects of climate change. |
| Greening and establishing urban gardens and planting trees. |
Annual Budget
[edit]Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) has announced a budget of ৳572.11 crore (US$47 million) for 2023-24 fiscal year.
List of mayors
[edit]- Status
- Acting Mayor and Administrator
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 
|
Ekramul Haque Titu | 2019 2024 |
27 May 2019 | 19 August 2024[12] | 5 years, 84 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [13][14] |
| – | Umme Salma Tanzia (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | 8 November 2024 | 163 days | Independent | ||
| – | Md. Mokhtar Ahmed (Administrator) |
– | 9 November 2024 | Incumbent | 81 days | Independent | ||
Deputy mayor
[edit]The deputy mayor (also known as Panel mayor) is a second-ranking official of city corporation. 3 Panel mayors are appointed by vote of councillors. The 1st panel mayor with the highest number of votes is appointed as deputy mayor. In the absence of the mayor, the deputy mayor controls all functions of the City Corporation.
| Serial No. | Post | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Panel Mayor 1 | Vacant |
| 02 | Panel Mayor 2 | Vacant |
| 03 | Panel Mayor 3 | Vacant |
References
[edit]- ^ Islam Ayon, Kausar (10 October 2004). "Zero Point displays wrong info about distance of cities". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Mymensingh municipality elevated to city corporation". bdnews24.com. 2 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2024-10-04.
- ^ "Mymensingh municipality now a city corporation". Dhaka Tribune. 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Agitation in Mymensingh". The Daily Star. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Rail, road barricade in Mymensingh to press for 10-pt demand". The Daily Star. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Mymensingh to be City Corp". bdnews24.com. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Mymensingh declared 8th division". Business News 24 BD. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Mymensingh now a division". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Mymensingh Municipality to turn into city corporation". bdnews24.com. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ "Govt to create 10 police stations, another upazila". The Daily Star. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "AL to warm up with 7 city polls". The Daily Star. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "এবার ঢাকা উত্তর ও দক্ষিণসহ ১২ সিটি করপোরেশনের মেয়রকে অপসারণ". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-08-19.
- ^ "First M'singh city mayor Ekramul Haque Titu". banglanews24. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Ekramul Haque Titu re-elected Mymensingh mayor". The Daily Star. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
External links
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Media related to Mymensingh City Corporation at Wikimedia Commons
