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DCs meet ministers tomorrow

PM to open 3-day conference

Staff Correspondent
A three-day conference of deputy commissioners (DCs) will begin in the capital tomorrow, with law and order, prices of essentials, land management and strengthening local government bodies high on the agenda.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the
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The other issues that will come up for discussion in the meeting include disaster management, relief and rehabilitation activities, healthcare service, creating job opportunities at the local level, poverty alleviation programmes, social safety net programmes, using the information and communication technology, service to the families of expatriates, development of small industries, power and fuel management and distribution of agricultural materials, said sources at the Cabinet Division.
The DCs, also known as chief of district administration, are expected to highlight problems they are facing in their respective districts, while the premier would give them necessary guidelines on her government's priorities andpolicies.
“A total of20 sessions on 38 ministries and divisions will be held during the conference," Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told a press conference at the secretariat yesterday.
He said ministers, advisers, state ministers and secretaries of the ministries and divisions, and divisional commissioners of the country's seven divisions will be present “The conference is very important as the fieldlevel administration will come with the picture of their districts and the government will convey its message directly aboutits priorities.”
According to sources in the Cabinet Division, 64 DCs have placed466proposals,manyof which are land-related.
Responding to a query, the cabinet secretary admitted a conflict between the local government leaders and local administration.
“It has become very challenging for the field-level officers [upazila nirbahi officers and deputy commissioners] to work due to differences of opinion with the lawmakers, chairmen and vice-chairmen,” he noted.
Mosharraf, however, does not see the challenges as negative, since democracy and political institutions in the country are much stronger now and there is a strong civil society and different ways and opinions. “Those who can work under this situation are skilled administrators.”
About maintaining law and order, he said this is not the responsibility of one or two institutions. “In a democratic society, the responsibility lies with all."
Asked about the fact that many joint secretaries are still holding the posts of DCs even after being promoted, he said they are discharging their duties on a temporary arrangement and will be withdrawn gradually.
Mosharraf expressed satisfaction over implementation of decisions taken during the last year's DC conference. Out of 520 decisions, he said, the government has successfully imple-