SANGSAD BHABAN, Feb 18, 2020 (BSS) – The Gazipur Unnayan Kartripakkha (Gazipur Development Authority or GDA) Bill 2020 was placed at the Jatiya Sangsad for enacting a law with a view to making the fast-growing Gazipur
city as a planned, livable and environment-friendly urban area.
State Minister for Housing and Public Works Sharif Ahmed today placed the
bill in the Jatiya Sangsad with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the
chair.
Placing the bill, the Minister said the proposed law will help to build a
modern city and ensure the planned development of the region.
Earlier, the Cabinet has approved a draft of a development bill. Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina formally approved the draft bill in the cabinet
meeting last year.
“Gazipur Unnayan Kartripakkha (Gazipur Development Authority-GDA) will be
like the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA), Khulna Development Authority
(KDA), and Rajshahi Development Authority (RDA) according to the bill,” he
said, adding the main job of the development authority is to formulate the
mega plan for city development and approve structural designs.
“There will be a 22-member board, headed by a chairman, to run the GDA,”
the minister continued during the placement of the bill.
The GDA’s jurisdiction will be the Gazipur City Corporation as well as its
adjoining areas which will be fixed by government gazettes.
The state minister urged the House to send the bill to the parliamentary
standing committee concerned for further scrutiny within 30 days.