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Narayanganj City Corporation নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | May 5, 2011 |
New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
A. H. M. Kamruzzaman since 19 August 2024 | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Mohammad Zakir Hossain since 19 August 2024 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats 36 councillors |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 16 January 2022 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
| Nagar Bhaban, Narayanganj | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Narayanganj City Corporation (Bengali: নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: NCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the city of Narayanganj, Bangladesh. The NCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 36 councillors. It follows The City Corporation act, 2009 and derives most of its powers from it.[1]
It was formed comprising Narayanganj Town, Siddhirganj Municipal area and Kadamrasul Municipality.
NCC is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Narayanganj, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). It consists of 27 wards including 9 reserve seats for women. Before its establishment as city corporation, it was a municipal corporation. NCC has a total area of 72.43 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 967,887 people in the city corporation area.[2][3][4][5]
The NCC 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 | Water supply and sewerage in Narayanganj city under Dhaka WASA. |
| 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. |
Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) has announced a budget of ৳695 crore (US$57 million) for 2023-24 fiscal year.
| # | Ward | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ward-1 | Vacant | TBD | |
| 2 | Ward-2 | |||
| 3 | Ward-3 | |||
| 4 | Ward-4 | |||
| 5 | Ward-5 | |||
| 6 | Ward-6 | |||
| 7 | Ward-7 | |||
| 8 | Ward-8 | |||
| 9 | Ward-9 | |||
| 10 | Ward-10 | |||
| 11 | Ward-11 | |||
| 12 | Ward-12 | |||
| 13 | Ward-13 | |||
| 14 | Ward-14 | |||
| 15 | Ward-15 | |||
| 16 | Ward-16 | |||
| 17 | Ward-17 | |||
| 18 | Ward-18 | |||
| 19 | Ward-19 | |||
| 20 | Ward-20 | |||
| 21 | Ward-21 | |||
| 22 | Ward-22 | |||
| 23 | Ward-23 | |||
| 24 | Ward-24 | |||
| 25 | Ward-25 | |||
| 26 | Ward-26 | |||
| 27 | Ward-27 | |||
| Reserved Women's Councillor | ||||
| 28 | Reserved women's seat-1 | Vacant | TBD | |
| 29 | Reserved women's seat-2 | |||
| 30 | Reserved women's seat-3 | |||
| 31 | Reserved women's seat-4 | |||
| 32 | Reserved women's seat-5 | |||
| 33 | Reserved women's seat-6 | |||
| 34 | Reserved women's seat-7 | |||
| 35 | Reserved women's seat-8 | |||
| 36 | Reserved women's seat-9 | |||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy |
|
5 May 2011 | 19 August 2024 | 13 years, 106 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [6] | |
| – | A. H. M. Kamruzzaman (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 249 days | Independent | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy | 1,59,057 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Taimur Alam Khandaker | 92,562 | N/A | ||
| IAB | Machum Billah | 23,987 | N/A | ||
| Khelafat Majlish | ABM Shirzul Mamun | 10,782 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 66,495 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,90,991 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,17,351 | ||||
| AL hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy | 1,75,611 | N/A | |||
| BNP | Sakhawat Hossain Khan | 96,044 | N/A | |||
| Majority | 79,567 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,71,655 | |||||
| Registered electors | 4,84,931 | |||||
| AL gain from Independent | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy | 1,80,048 | N/A | ||
| AL | Shamim Osman | 78,705 | N/A | ||
| BNP | Taimur Alam Khandaker | 7,616 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 1,01,343 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,82,593 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||