The government has approved the creation of three new upazilas in Chattogram, Mymensingh, and Cumilla districts and one new police station to improve public administration and service delivery.
The National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation (NICAR) approved the decision at its 121st meeting held at the Cabinet Division conference room on Wednesday at the Secretariat with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair.
The NICAR also decided to include the portions of the Purbachal New Town Project under Narayanganj and Gazipur districts within Dhaka district for administrative purposes.
The three new upazilas are Fatikchhari North Upazila in Chattogram, Bangra Upazila in Cumilla and Dakkhin Gafargaon Upazila in Mymensingh.
According to the committee’s decision, Fatikchhari North Upazila will be formed with six unions carved out of Fatikchhari Upazila in Chattogram district; Bangra Upazila will be created by dividing Muradnagar Upazila in Cumilla district, while Dakkhin Gafargaon Upazila will be formed with eight unions under Pagla Police Station in Gafargaon Upazila of Mymensingh district, reports UNB.
The committee also approved the formation of Halda Police Station by dividing the Hathazari Police Station in Chattogram.
Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muqtadir, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam, Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher, State Minister for Public Administration Abdul Bari, Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister ABM Abdus Sattar, and secretaries of the ministries concerned, among others, attended the meeting.