Gazipur City Corporation

Gazipur City Corporation (Bengali: গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: GCC) established in 2013, 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]

Gazipur City Corporation
গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Corporation overview
Formed16 January 2013 (2013-01-16)
JurisdictionGovernment of Bangladesh
HeadquartersNagar Bhaban, Gazipur
Corporation executives
Parent departmentMinistry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Websitegcc.gov.bd

Services

The Gazipur City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

  • Evict illegal installations.
  • Purify and supply water.
  • Treat and dispose of contaminated water and sewage.
  • Eliminate waterlogging.
  • Garbage removal and street cleaning.
  • To manage solid waste.
  • To arrange hospital and dispensary.
  • Construction and maintenance of roads.
  • Installation of electric street lights.
  • Establish car parking.
  • Maintenance of parks and playgrounds.
  • Maintenance of cemeteries and crematoriums.
  • Preparation of birth and death registration certificate.
  • Preserving the traditional place.
  • Disease control, immunization.
  • Establishment of city corporation schools and colleges.

List of officeholders
Main article: Mayor of Gazipur
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Election Term of office Party Reference
Took office Left office Time in office
M. A. Mannan (1950–2022) 2013 6 July 2013 11 February 2015 1 year, 220 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party [4][5]
Asadur Rahman Kiron – 1 March 2015 1 June 2017 2 years, 92 days Bangladesh Awami League
M. A. Mannan (1950–2022) – 1 June 2017 6 July 2017 35 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party [6]
Zahangir Alam 2018 27 July 2018 25 November 2021 3 years, 121 days Bangladesh Awami League [7][8][9]
Asadur Rahman Kiron – 26 November 2021 25 May 2023 1 year, 180 days Bangladesh Awami League
Jayeda Khatun 2023 26 May 2023 Present 152 days Independent [10]

Elections

Election Result 2023
Main article: 2023 Gazipur City Corporation election
Gazipur Mayoral Election 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jayeda Khatun 238,934 41.7% N/A
AL Azmat Ullah Khan 222,736 38.9% N/A
IAB Gazi Ataur Rahman 45,352 7.9%
JP(E) MM Niaz Uddin 16,382 2.9%
Bangladesh Gana Front Atiqul Islam 16,974 2.9%
Zaker Party Raju Ahmed 7,206 1.3%
Independent Harun-or-Rashid 2,426 0.4%
Independent Sarkar Shah Nur Islam 23,265 4.1%
Majority 16,198
Turnout 573,275
Registered electors 1,179,486
Independent candidate gain from AL

Election Result 2018
Gazipur Mayoral Election 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
Gazipur Mayoral Election 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
  1. Islamic University of Technology (IUT)
  2. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU)
  3. Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)
  4. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
  5. Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)
  6. Rani Bilashmoni Govt. Boys' High School
  7. Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
  8. National Agricultural Training Academy (NATA)
  9. Agricultural Training Institute (ATI)
  10. Shahid Tazuddin Ahmed Medical College
  11. Joydebpur Govt. Girls' High School
  12. Bhawal Badre Alam Govt. University College
  13. National University
  14. Bangladesh Open University
  15. Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd. (BMTF)
  16. Security Printing Press Ltd.
  17. Bangladesh Ordinance Factory(BOF)
  18. Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd.
  19. Ansar Academy
  20. Bangabandhu Safari Park
  21. Hi-tech Park

Corruption allegation against officials

In May 2019 at a press briefing, the acting mayor Jahangir Alam revealed that 14 employees of Gazipur City Corporation got show cause notice over corruption and irregularity charges.[11] In July same year in another press briefing, mayor Jahangir said that among the 14 accused employees, 6 had been suspended, 3 had been temporarily suspended and the remaining 5 had been served show-cause notices for alleged corruption.[12]

Murder of Engineer Delwoar
Main article: Murder of Engineer Delwoar

On May 11, 2020, Delwoar Hossain, the executive engineer of Gazipur City Corporation was murdered allegedly by his colleague. The investigation agency and Delwoar's family suspects that the motive behind Delwoar's murder was corruption.[13] Police has arrested Anisur Rahman Selim, an assistant engineer of Gazipur City Corporation as a suspect of the murder case. Mayor Jahangir Alam told the Prothom Alo that he knew about the corruption of Selim but never took any measures against him.[14]

References
  1. "Gazipur City Corporation". gazipurcity.com.
  2. Population and Housing Census 2022: Preliminary Report. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. August 2022. p. 10. ISBN 978-984-35-2977-0.
  3. Akand, Raihanul Islam (23 June 2020). "Road conditions are hot topic for Gazipur polls". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. "GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. "First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more". The Daily Star. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  6. "Gazipur city mayor suspended again". The Daily Star. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  7. "AL's Jahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". The Daily Star. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  8. "New Gazipur city mayor sworn in". The Independent. Dhaka. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  9. "Awami League's Zahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  10. "Zayeda Khatun pulls off surprise win in Gazipur mayoral race". Dhaka Tribune. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  11. "14 GCC staff show-caused on corruption charge". New Age. United News of Bangladesh. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  12. "9 GCC staff suspended over graft". New Age. Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  13. Javed, Hasan (May 17, 2020). "GCC executive engineer pays with his life for standing up to corruption". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  14. Asaduzzaman (27 May 2020). প্রকৌশলী দেলোয়ার খুনে গ্রেপ্তার আনিছুর দুর্নীতিবাজ: মেয়র জাহাঙ্গীর. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 July 2020.

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