Gazipur City Corporation
Gazipur City Corporation গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 16 January 2013 |
New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Sharaf Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury since 31 October 2024 | |
Muhammad Sohel Hasan | |
Amin Al Parvege | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats 76 councillors |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
First election | 6 July 2013 |
Last election | 25 May 2023 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
| Nagar Bhaban, Gazipur | |
| Website | |
| gcc | |
Gazipur City Corporation (Bengali: গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন, abbreviated as GCC), is a local government authority responsible for administering all civic services in the city of Gazipur, Bangladesh. The GCC administration is elected by popular vote every five years. The corporation is headed by a mayor, who oversees a council consisting of 76 councillors representing different wards of the city. The functions and powers of the GCC are defined under the provisions of the The City Corporation act, 2009.
Gazipur City Corporation was established in 2013, it is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Gazipur City Corporation's total area is 329.23 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 2,674,697 people in the city corporation area.[1][2] As of 2018, Gazipur City Corporation had 1.1 million voters.[3]
Functions and Services
The Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) is responsible for administering the city and ensuring the provision of essential infrastructure and public services. Its functions include urban planning, transport management, healthcare, education, waste management, water supply, and security. Through these services, GCC aims to improve the quality of life for residents and promote sustainable urban development.
| # | Departments | Functions / Services |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Office of the Mayor | Executive administration; city governance; supervision of all GCC services |
| 2 | Chief Executive Office | Departmental coordination; service implementation monitoring |
| 3 | Administration And Establishment | HR management; staff recruitment; service delivery monitoring |
| 4 | Finance and Accounts | Budget preparation; financial planning; payment processing; accounts management; internal audit |
| 5 | Engineering | Road-cutting permission; building design approval; contractor registration; land demarcation certificates |
| 6 | Urban Planning and Development | Road, drain, bridge, culvert and footpath development; land development; planned residential areas; city beautification |
| 7 | Electricity | Installation and maintenance of street lights; lamp-post management; city illumination |
| 8 | Transportation and Communication | Urban transport management; traffic & parking control; emergency transport; corpse handling; bus terminal management; road roller & ambulance services |
| 9 | Waste Management and Cleaning | Solid waste collection and disposal; street cleaning; drain clearing; mosquito control; landfill management |
| 10 | Health | Hospital & clinic management; maternal & child immunization; vitamin A campaigns; midwifery and health technology training |
| 11 | Registrar | Birth & death certificates; nationality, inheritance & character certificates |
| 12 | Education | Management of schools, madrasas, Sanskrit tolls, kindergartens, technical institutes; adult education; teacher training; cultural & theatre institutes |
| 13 | Water Supply and Sewerage | Clean water supply and sewerage management in the entire city corporation. |
| 14 | Revenue | Trade license issuance & renewal; holding tax collection; shop/market allotment; lease and asset management |
| 15 | Security and Law and Order | City security; joint operations with GMP; CCTV installation and monitoring |
| 16 | Magistracy | Arbitration-based case settlement; mobile courts; anti-adulteration drives |
| 17 | Housing and Public Works | Distribution and maintenance of residential plots and flats |
| 18 | Social Welfare | National day celebrations; charity programs; children's park construction & maintenance |
| 19 | Environmental Protection | Pollution control; climate change mitigation; urban greening; tree plantation |
| 20 | Religious Welfare | Support for Eid, Puja, and religious events; Qurbani market permissions; land allocation for religious events |
Annual Budget
Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) has announced a budget of ৳4920 crore (US$400 million) for 2024-25 fiscal year.
Ward and councillor list
| # | 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 | |||
| 28 | Ward-28 | |||
| 29 | Ward-29 | |||
| 30 | Ward-30 | |||
| 31 | Ward-31 | |||
| 32 | Ward-32 | |||
| 33 | Ward-33 | |||
| 34 | Ward-34 | |||
| 35 | Ward-35 | |||
| 36 | Ward-36 | |||
| 37 | Ward-37 | |||
| 38 | Ward-38 | |||
| 39 | Ward-39 | |||
| 40 | Ward-40 | |||
| 41 | Ward-41 | |||
| 42 | Ward-42 | |||
| 43 | Ward-43 | |||
| 44 | Ward-44 | |||
| 45 | Ward-45 | |||
| 46 | Ward-46 | |||
| 47 | Ward-47 | |||
| 48 | Ward-48 | |||
| 49 | Ward-49 | |||
| 50 | Ward-50 | |||
| 51 | Ward-51 | |||
| 52 | Ward-52 | |||
| 53 | Ward-53 | |||
| 54 | Ward-54 | |||
| 55 | Ward-55 | |||
| 56 | Ward-56 | |||
| 57 | Ward-57 | |||
| Reserved Women's Councillor | ||||
| 58 | Reserved women's seat-1 | Vacant | TBD | |
| 59 | Reserved women's seat-2 | |||
| 60 | Reserved women's seat-3 | |||
| 61 | Reserved women's seat-4 | |||
| 62 | Reserved women's seat-5 | |||
| 63 | Reserved women's seat-6 | |||
| 64 | Reserved women's seat-7 | |||
| 65 | Reserved women's seat-8 | |||
| 66 | Reserved women's seat-9 | |||
| 67 | Reserved women's seat-10 | |||
| 68 | Reserved women's seat-11 | |||
| 69 | Reserved women's seat-12 | |||
| 70 | Reserved women's seat-13 | |||
| 71 | Reserved women's seat-14 | |||
| 72 | Reserved women's seat-15 | |||
| 73 | Reserved women's seat-16 | |||
| 74 | Reserved women's seat-17 | |||
| 75 | Reserved women's seat-18 | |||
| 76 | Reserved women's seat-19 | |||
List of mayors
- Status
| No. | Portrait | Officeholder (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Designation | Political party |
Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||||
| 1 | M. A. Mannan (1950–2022) | 2013 | 6 July 2013 | 11 February 2015 | 1 year, 220 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [4][5] | |||
| – | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 1 March 2015 | 1 June 2017 | 2 years, 92 days | Acting Mayor | Bangladesh Awami League | ||||
| 1 | M. A. Mannan (1950–2022) | – | 1 June 2017 | 6 July 2017 | 35 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [6] | |||
| – | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 7 July 2017 | 17 July 2018 | 1 year, 10 days | Acting Mayor | Bangladesh Awami League | ||||
| 2 | Zahangir Alam | 2018 | 27 July 2018 | 25 November 2021 | 3 years, 121 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Awami League | [7][8][9][10] | |||
| – | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 26 November 2021 | 25 May 2023 | 1 year, 180 days | Acting Mayor | Bangladesh Awami League | ||||
| 3 | Jayeda Khatun | 2023 | 26 May 2023 | 19 August 2024 | 1 year, 85 days | Mayor | Independent | [11] | |||
| – | Md. Sabirul Islam | – | 19 August 2024 | 11 September 2024 | 23 days | Administrator | Independent | - | |||
| – | Sharaf Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury | – | 31 October 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 50 days | Administrator | Independent | - | |||
Elections
Election Result 2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jayeda Khatun | 238,934 | 41.7% | |||
| AL | Azmat Ullah Khan | 222,736 | 38.9% | |||
| IAB | Gazi Ataur Rahman | 45,352 | 7.9% | |||
| Independent | Sarkar Shah Nur Islam | 23,265 | 4.1% | |||
| Gano Front | Atiqul Islam | 16,974 | 2.9% | |||
| JP(E) | MM Niaz Uddin | 16,382 | 2.9% | |||
| Zaker Party | Raju Ahmed | 7,206 | 1.3% | |||
| Independent | Harun-or-Rashid | 2,426 | 0.4% | |||
| Majority | 16,198 | |||||
| Turnout | 573,275 | |||||
| Registered electors | 1,179,486 | |||||
| Independent gain from AL | ||||||
Election Result 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Zahangir Alam | 4,00,010 | N/A | |||
| BNP | Hasan Uddin Sarkar | 1,97,611 | N/A | |||
| Majority | 2,02,399 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,02,199 | |||||
| Registered electors | 11,37,112 | |||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Election Result 2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | M. A. Mannan | 3,65,444 | N/A | ||
| AL | Azmat Ullah Khan | 2,58,867 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 1,06,577 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,54,311 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,26,938 | ||||
| BNP win (new seat) | |||||
Important establishments
- Islamic University of Technology (IUT)
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU)
- Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)
- Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
- Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)
- Rani Bilashmoni Govt. Boys' High School
- Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
- National Agricultural Training Academy (NATA)
- Agricultural Training Institute (ATI)
- Shahid Tazuddin Ahmed Medical College
- Joydebpur Govt. Girls' High School
- Bhawal Badre Alam Govt. University College
- National University
- Bangladesh Open University
- Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd. (BMTF)
- Security Printing Press Ltd.
- Bangladesh Ordinance Factory (BOF)
- Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd.
- Ansar Academy
- Bangabandhu Safari Park
- Hi-tech Park
References
- ^ "Gazipur City Corporation".
- ^ Population and Housing Census 2022: Preliminary Report. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. August 2022. p. 10. ISBN 978-984-35-2977-0.
- ^ Akand, Raihanul Islam (23 June 2020). "Road conditions are hot topic for Gazipur polls". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 28 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Gazipur city mayor suspended again". The Daily Star. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "AL's Jahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "New Gazipur city mayor sworn in". The Independent (Bangladesh). Dhaka. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Awami League's Zahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". Dhaka Tribune. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Gazipur mayor Jahangir Alam suspended". Dhaka Tribune. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Zayeda Khatun pulls off surprise win in Gazipur mayoral race". Dhaka Tribune. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.