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.
Barishal City Corporation বরিশাল সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | July 25, 2002 |
New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Shaukat Ali since 19 August 2024 | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Israel Hossain since 5 October 2023 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats 1 mayor and 40 councillors |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 12 June 2023 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
 | |
| Nagar Bhaban, Barishal | |
| Website | |
| barishalcity.gov.bd | |
History
editTo 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.[1] 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.[2]
List of officeholders
edit- Status
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Tenure | Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahsan Habib Kamal (1954–2022) |
– | 25 July 2002 | 14 July 2003 | 354 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [3][4] | ||
| Mujibur Rahman Sarwar | 2003 | 24 April 2003 | 21 April 2007 | 3 years, 362 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [4][5] | ||
| Awlad Hossain Dilu | – | 22 July 2007 | 11 September 2008 | 1 year, 51 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [6][7] | ||
| Shawkat Hossain Hiron | 2008 | 11 September 2008 | 15 June 2013 | 4 years, 277 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [7][8] | ||
| Ahsan Habib Kamal (1954–2022) |
2013 | 15 June 2013 | 8 October 2018 | 5 years, 115 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [8][9] | ||
|
Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | 2018 | 31 October 2018 | 9 November 2023 | 6 years, 23 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [10] | |
|
Abul Khair Abdullah | 2023 | 14 November 2023 | 19 August 2024 | 279 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [11] | |
| Md. Shaukat Ali (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 96 days | Independent | |||
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
editThe 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.
| Serial No. | Post | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Panel Mayor 1 | Vacant |
| 02 | Panel Mayor 2 | Vacant |
| 03 | Panel Mayor 3 | Vacant |
Elections
editElection result 2018
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | 1,09,803 | ||||
| BNP | Mujibur Rahman Sarwar | 13,041 | ||||
| Majority | 96,762 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,39,151 | |||||
| Registered electors | 2,41,959 | |||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Election result 2013
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Ahsan Habib Kamal | 82,751 | ||||
| AL | Shawkat Hossain Hiron | 66,741 | ||||
| Majority | 16,010 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,49,492 | |||||
| Registered electors | 2,11,257 | |||||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Administration
editThe 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
editThe 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
editNotes
editReferences
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- ^ "Barisal City Corporation". Banglapedia - National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Palit, Tapan (2012). "Barisal City Corporation". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ a b "Picking Mayors". The Daily Star. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "BCC's activities being hampered in absence of mayor, fund crisis". The Financial Express. Dhaka. UNB. 13 July 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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- ^ a b "City mayors sworn in". Bangladesh News. 11 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ a b "PM administers oath to four city mayors". The Financial Express. Dhaka. UNB. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Barisal mayor takes office". The Daily Star. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "New Barisal mayor Sadiq Abdullah sworn in". Dhaka Tribune. 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "অব্যাহতি নিচ্ছেন মেয়র সাদিক, দেখা হচ্ছে না চাচা-ভাতিজার". Dhaka Post. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.