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Cumilla City Corporation
Local governing body of Comilla, Bangladesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cumilla City Corporation (Bengali: কুমিল্লা সিটি কর্পোরেশন) is a local governing body that administered all civic services in the Comilla, the city of Bangladesh. The COCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. The corporation is headed by a mayor, who oversees a council consisting of 36 councillors representing different wards of the city. The functions and powers of the COCC are defined under the provisions of the the City Corporation Act, 2009.
The corporation covers an area of over 53.84 square kilometers in the Comilla District. The body was known as Comilla Municipality previously, until it obtained the city corporation status by a ministry of local government declaration on 10 July 2011.[1]
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The Comilla municipality was formed in the mid-1890s and the city remained as a municipality for over 125 years though the number of the population has been rising with time.[1] An administrative proposition, issued from the Comilla district administration, was passed on 20 August 2009.[2] The ministry of local government meeting on 4 March 2011 declared to turn at least four of the populated municipalities into city corporations, largely bringing Comilla as a suggestion as one of the contenders.[3] An administrative move was made on 23 June 2011 abolishing the Comilla Municipality as the final step to introduce the administrative body as a city corporation. Later on 10 July 2011, a ministry gazette named the Comilla Municipality as the new Comilla City Corporation.[1]
The city corporation is run by a joint staff of elected public representatives and government officials. Officials both come from departmental recruitment and the administrative cadre service of the country. The city corporation has 37 members, containing 27 councilors, 9 woman councilors led by the mayor.[4] Bangladesh Election Commission is constituted to oversee city corporation polls, which sits in the office for a five-year tenure.
The first ever mayoral election of the city corporation was held on 5 January 2012, has an area of 200 kilometers, elected the municipality's Monirul Haque Sakku as its new mayor, 27 councilors and 9 woman councilors from 27 wards.[5] 2024 Comilla City Corporation by-election
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The Cumilla City Government is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
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Annual budget
The Cumilla City Corporation has announced a budget of ৳1044.50 crore (US$86 million) for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
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List of mayors
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Elections
Election result 2022
Election result 2017
Election result 2012
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