Comilla City Corporation

Cumilla City Corporation is a self-governed municipal administration in Bangladesh that administers and oversees development and maintenance works in the city of Cumilla. The corporation covers an area of over 53.84 square kilometer in the Cumilla district where over five million people live as permanent residents. The body was known as Comilla Municipality previously, until it obtained the City Corporation status by a ministry of local government declaration on 10 July 2011.[1]

Cumilla City Corporation
কুমিল্লা সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Logo
Nagar Bhaban, seat of Corporation
Formation10 July 2011
TypeMunicipal
HeadquartersCumilla Nagar Bhaban
Official language
Bengali
Monirul Haque Sakku (BNP)
Websitecocc.gov.bd
Cumilla old Town Hall, now a public Library

History

The Comilla municipality was formed in mid-1890s and the city remained as a municipality for over 125 years though the number of population have been rising with time.[1] An administrative proposition, issued from the Comilla district administration, was passed on 20 August 2009.[2] The ministry of local government meeting on 4 March 2011 declared to turn at least four of the populated municipalities into city corporations, largely bringing Comilla as a suggestion as one of the contenders.[3] An administrative move was made on 23 June 2011 abolishing the Comilla Municipality as the final step to introduce the administrative body as a city corporation. Later on 10 July 2011, a ministry gazette named the Comilla Municipality as the new Comilla City Corporation.[1]

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 Comilla City Corporation has 37 members, containing 27 councilors, 9 woman councilors led by the mayor.[4] Bangladesh Election Commission is constituted to oversee city corporation polls, which sits in the office for a five-year tenure. The first ever mayoral election of Comilla City Corporation was held on 5 January 2012, Has an area of 200 kilometers, elected the municipality's Monirul Haque Sakku as its new mayor, 27 councilors and 9 woman councilors from 27 wards.[5]

Services

The Cumilla 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.

Mayor of Comilla
# Mayor Term start Term end   Party
1 Afzal Khan 2007 2012 Bangladesh Awami League
2 Monirul Haque Sakku 2012 "Incumbent" Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

Election result 2017
Comilla City Corporation Election 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Monirul Haque Sakku 68,948
Awami League Anjum Sultana Sima 57,863
BNP hold

Election result 2012
Comilla City Corporation Election 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Monirul Haque Sakku 65,557
Awami League Afzal Khan 36,472
BNP gain from Awami League
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See also

References
  1. Comilla Now A City Corporation, BangladeshFirst.com, 11 July 2011, retrieved 2011-07-11
  2. কুমিল্লা সিটি করপোরেশন ঘোষণা: শহরে আনন্দ-উল্লাস (in Bengali), Sheersha News, 11 July 2011, retrieved 2011-07-11
  3. "Four new city corporation to be set up", The Daily Star, 4 March 2011, retrieved 2011-07-11
  4. Comilla City Polls Likely In December, BangladeshFirst.com, 17 October 2011, retrieved 2011-10-17
  5. সাক্কু বিজয়ী, Daily Manabzamin (in Bengali), 5 January 2011, retrieved 2012-01-05

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