Five days after a bill to split Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) was placed in parliament, the parliamentary standing committee on the local government ministry has finalised its proposals on the bill and will submit a report on Monday.
"The bill will be passed in the current session," panel member Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury told reporters after a meeting on Sunday.
The Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Bill 2011 was presented in parliament on Nov 23 with a provision to appoint administrators. Parliament gave the committee one week to submit a report on the bill after scrutiny.
As per the proposal to split DCC, passed in cabinet on Oct 17, the civic body will be divided in two parts— north and south. The new northern part will have 36 of the total 92 wards and the southern one will have the remaining 56.
Once the bill is passed in parliament, the DCC will cease to exist and the government will be able to appoint two administrators for the city corporation until the next election.
Dhaka mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka on Saturday urged the government to ditch the bifurcation plan and demanded a quick election promising that he will not seek re-election alleging the government went for the divide to stop him coming back to office.
His party BNP has been saying that Awami League is dividing the city corporation to place their own men.
Earlier on Sunday, prime minister Sheikh Hasina said the bill was placed in parliament to ensure better services for the residents.
The report on the bill was finalised in the 40th meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on the local government ministry on Sunday. Noor-e-Alam presided over the meeting as the head, Mohammad Rahmat Ali, is abroad for treatment.
Local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam, state minister for local government Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mohammad Ashraf Ali Khan and Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin attended the meeting.
"The bill will be passed in the current session," panel member Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury told reporters after a meeting on Sunday.
The Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Bill 2011 was presented in parliament on Nov 23 with a provision to appoint administrators. Parliament gave the committee one week to submit a report on the bill after scrutiny.
As per the proposal to split DCC, passed in cabinet on Oct 17, the civic body will be divided in two parts— north and south. The new northern part will have 36 of the total 92 wards and the southern one will have the remaining 56.
Once the bill is passed in parliament, the DCC will cease to exist and the government will be able to appoint two administrators for the city corporation until the next election.
Dhaka mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka on Saturday urged the government to ditch the bifurcation plan and demanded a quick election promising that he will not seek re-election alleging the government went for the divide to stop him coming back to office.
His party BNP has been saying that Awami League is dividing the city corporation to place their own men.
Earlier on Sunday, prime minister Sheikh Hasina said the bill was placed in parliament to ensure better services for the residents.
The report on the bill was finalised in the 40th meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on the local government ministry on Sunday. Noor-e-Alam presided over the meeting as the head, Mohammad Rahmat Ali, is abroad for treatment.
Local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam, state minister for local government Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mohammad Ashraf Ali Khan and Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin attended the meeting.
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