The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Gazipur Unnayan Kartripakkha Bill 2019 with a view to making the fast-growing Gazipur city as a planned, liveable and environment-friendly urban area. The approval came from the weekly cabinet meeting held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at her office.
Outgoing Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed reporters at the Secretariat after the meeting. He said Gazipur Unnayan Kartripakkha (Gazipur Development Authority-GDA) will be like Chottagram Development Authority (CDA), Khulna Development Authority (KDA) and Rajshahi Development Authority (RDA).
The main jobs of the GDA will be to formulate the mega plan for the city development and approve structural designs, the cabinet secretary said. There will be a 22-member board headed by a chairman to run the GDA, he said. The GDA’s jurisdiction will be the Gazipur City Corporation as well as its adjoining areas to be fixed by government gazettes from time to time, said Shafiul Alam.
