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Barishal City Corporation is a self-governed municipal administration in Bangladesh that administers and oversees development and maintenance works in the city of Barisal. The corporation covers an area of over 58 square kilometers in the Barisal district where over five million people live as permanent residents. The body was known as Barisal Municipality previously, until it obtained the city corporation status by a ministry of local government declaration on 25 July 2002.
History
To provide civil service and facilities to the inhabitants, Barisal Town Committee was formed in 1969 under Act VI of 1868 (B.C.) with the district magistrate as its chairman. J. C. Price was the first chairman of the town committee. It was upgraded to Barisal municipality in 1876 under the Municipal Act of 1876.
It was then managed by a committee, of which the district magistrate was president, and was aided by government with establishment grants. It remained as a municipality for over 130 years though the number of population have been rising with time. Later in 2001, the ministry of local government meeting on declared to turn two divisional headquarters, Barisal and Sylhet to city corporations and passed "Barisal City Corporation Act, 2001". An administrative move was made abolishing the Barisal Municipality as the final step to introduce the administrative body as a city corporation. On 25 July 2002, the municipality was officially upgraded as Barisal City Corporation.
List of officeholders
Status
The mayor of Barisal City is head of the Barisal City Corporation. The mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhabon. It has jurisdiction over all thirty wards of the city, administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within the city.
Deputy mayors
The deputy mayor (also known as Panel mayor) is a second-ranking official of city corporation. 3 Panel mayors are appointed from the council member to assist the mayor through voting. The 1st panel mayor with the highest number of votes is appointed as deputy mayor or acting mayor. In the absence of the mayor, the deputy mayor controls all functions of the City Corporation. Other 2 Panel mayors also assist mayor and to oversee major offices within the executive branch of the BCC.
Elections
= Election result 2018
== Election result 2013
=Administration
The city corporation is run by a joint staff of elected public representatives and government officials. Officials both come from departmental recruitment and the administrative cadre service of the country. The area of BCC is divided into 4 thanas: Kotwali, Kawnia, Bandar and Airport. The thanas are subdivided into 30 wards and 225 mahallas. It is administrated by 30 councilors, 9 woman councilors and the mayor elected by the local government election who sits in the office for a five-year tenure.
Services
The Barisal City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
Water purification and supply
Sewage treatment and disposal
Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
Solid waste management
Building and maintenance of roads and streets.
Street lighting
Maintenance of parks and open spaces
Cemeteries and crematoriums
Registering of births and deaths
Conservation of heritage sites
Disease control, including immunization
Public municipal schools etc.
See also
List of city corporations in Bangladesh
Barisal Division
Notes
References
External links
Barisal City Corporation on Banglapedia
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Barishal City Corporation
- 2023 Barishal City Corporation election
- List of city corporations in Bangladesh
- 2008 Barishal City Corporation election
- 2018 Barishal City Corporation election
- 2013 Barishal City Corporation election
- Barisal
- List of mayors of Barisal
- List of constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad
- Kabir Bin Anwar
