Division of Dhaka City Corporation: An Analysis of Social And Political Outcome

Abstract

City reflects a country’s overall status. The socioeconomic development of any nations are generally citycentric. But lack of plans and management city governments are mostly failed to ensure required services to her dwellers. Decentralization and accountability is the prerequisite to execute an effective city governance. Local government in Bangladesh is mainly focused on rural development issue rather urban area. Lack of opportunities, low rate of growth and investment, less income generating activities forced people come to city areas for a better life from the villages. In Bangladesh most of the people are centering at Dhaka than any other cities at all. So the presser to Dhaka is really high. No matter how much separation has been done to improve city service rather than commitment in process with technology based decentralization. As Dhaka City Corporation can not manage its existing city dwellers, it is really difficult to manage the extra pressers added in every single moment of each and every day. The power of local government agencies has needed to be accumulated in Bangladesh for more future growth and development purposes. Urban local bodies need to be reformed for more existence and reduction of central control with the aim to extent of public participation. The review of the decentralization process and associated macro dimensions pointed to be accommodated within a comprehensive decentralization agenda for entire system, such as a local body Dhaka City Corporation may try to ensure all city services after separation in two administrative parts.