Dist council polls within 6 months

Says LGRD minister

The minister for local government rural development (LGRD) and co-operatives, Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, has said that they will hold the proposed district council elections within six months.
“We've already started the process of completing the elections peacefully on time,” he told reporters after a session of the LGRD ministry with the deputy commissioners (DCs) at the Secretariat yesterday.

The LGRD minister said that they would amend the existing district council laws before holding the district council elections.
He said they had asked field officials to strengthen their activities in cooperation with local public representatives to prevent militancy in their respective areas.
He also said that they had asked the DCs to monitor the development activities of the union councils to implement the local infrastructure properly.
“Currently, UP chairpersons are demanding that engineers be appointed under the union council to implement local projects,” he added. The minister said that the DCs want to amend the existing policy of market management to lease land to local people. “We assured them that we’ll do this as soon as possible,” he said.
At another session with the DCs, land minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif told reporters that they would digitise land management within the shortest possible time to ease public sufferings. “We’ve resolved most of the problems pertaining to land management so far and the rest will be resolved soon,” he said.
The land minister said that there was no hurdle in leasing khas land to people.
After the session with the DCs, environment minister Anwar Hossain Manju told reporters that they had asked the DCs to conduct more mobile court drives to protect the environment.
Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury said that they had asked the DCS to take necessary steps to bring the fallow lands under cultivation. “We asked the field officials to prepare projects on the matter,” she told reporters yesterday.
On the second day of the DCs’ conference, the education ministry, expatriate and overseas employment ministry, labour ministry, water resources ministry, food ministry, disaster management ministry, power and energy resources ministry, industries ministry, commerce ministry, Chittagong hill tracts ministry, railways ministry, road transport and bridges ministry, health ministry and the foreign affairs ministry will hold sessions with the DCs.
President Md Abdul Hamid briefed the DCs at Bangababhan yesterday evening.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the conference at her office on July 26. The conference will end on July 29.

Dist council polls within 6 months

Says LGRD minister

The minister for local government rural development (LGRD) and co-operatives, Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, has said that they will hold the proposed district council elections within six months. Weve already started the process of completing the elections peacefully on time, he told reporters after a session of the LGRD ministry with the deputy commissioners (DCs) at the Secretariat yesterday. The LGRD minister said that they would amend the existing district council laws before holding the district council elections. He said they had asked field officials to strengthen their activities in cooperation with local public representatives to prevent militancy in their respective areas. He also said that they had asked the DCs to monitor the development activities of the union councils to implement the local infrastructure properly. Currently, UP chairpersons are demanding that engineers be appointed under the union council to implement local projects, he added. The minister said that the DCs want to amend the existing policy of market management to lease land to local people. We assured them that well do this as soon as possible, he said. At another session with the DCs, land minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif told reporters that they would digitise land management within the shortest possible time to ease public sufferings. Weve resolved most of the problems pertaining to land management so far and the rest will be resolved soon, he said. The land minister said that there was no hurdle in leasing khas land to people. After the session with the DCs, environment minister Anwar Hossain Manju told reporters that they had asked the DCs to conduct more mobile court drives to protect the environment. Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury said that they had asked the DCS to take necessary steps to bring the fallow lands under cultivation. We asked the field officials to prepare projects on the matter, she told reporters yesterday. On the second day of the DCs conference, the education ministry, expatriate and overseas employment ministry, labour ministry, water resources ministry, food ministry, disaster management ministry, power and energy resources ministry, industries ministry, commerce ministry, Chittagong hill tracts ministry, railways ministry, road transport and bridges ministry, health ministry and the foreign affairs ministry will hold sessions with the DCs. President Md Abdul Hamid briefed the DCs at Bangababhan yesterday evening. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the conference at her office on July 26. The conference will end on July 29.