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Avoid conflict, work together

DCs asked to better coordination with elected representatives to continue development work

Staff Correspondent
The government has directed the deputy commissioners (DC) to work in tandem with public representatives as the field-level administrators complained of conflict with the representatives hampering development work.
“Conflict is not anything bad... the important thing is to work by resolving the conflict,’’ Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain
Bhuiyan told a news briefing on conclusion of the three-day DC conference at Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday
He said the DCs raised the issue of conflict and difference of opinions but did not complain against the public representatives. They made some suggestions on how to work in coordination with the elected representatives, which include lawmakers, upazila
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chairmen and vice-chairmen.
Talking about the outcome of the DC conference on Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Ministry, Mosharraf again said the conflict between the two sides was not unexpected in a democratic society.
“The ministry and the DCs shared views and discussed how to ensure coordination,” said the cabinet secretary.
Mosharraf said working in upazilas had been very challenging as there were lawmakers, chairmen, vice-chairmen and other stakeholders who have all kinds of opinions on different issues.
“I will not say there is a conflict. I will say there is a challenge. It is a matter of sharing responsibilities between them,” he explained, adding that the situation would improve if democracy continued to flourish.
Replying to a question, the cabinet secretary said there was no direct discussion on corruption at the field-level administration, but they all discussed on how to improve services for the people.
Asked about defining the role of public representatives and the field-level administrators, Mosharraf said their roles had already been defined but there was scope
for clarification.
Slow internet connection, which hampers various e-governance and digital Bangladesh programmes, was discussed in the conference. “The ministry concerned has taken the matter seriously and assured to take step in this regard,” Mosharraf added.
Terming the DC conference a success, the cabinet secretary said this year drug peddling was discussed as the number one problem of the home ministry. “Border management was also discussed with importance due to infiltration of Rohingya refugees and smuggling of drugs,” he told journalists.
Checking prices of commodities during Ramadan, fibre optics, protection of forests, checking corruption in teacher recruitment, stopping coaching business, proliferation of brick kilns, maintaining roads and highways, recruitment through public service commission (PSC), computerisation of land records and its digitisation and strengthening of BSTI to check food adulteration were among the important topics of discussion during this year's conference, he said.
The three-day DC conference concluded through a dinner with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.