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DCs seek to settle crossborder issues

Want authority to discuss local problems with their Indian counterparts

Staff Correspondent
Deputy commissioners (DCs) yesterday suggested that the government should give them the authority to resolve local problems in border areas in consultation with the district magistrates concerned in India.
They made the suggestion at a meeting with the foreign and expatriates welfare ministers at the secretariat on the second day of the DC Conference-2015.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali said it was a good proposal. “It's good to resolve local problems locally."
Meeting sources said the DCs urged the two ministers to speed up the process of bringing the bodies of dead migrants home from abroad and realising compensation from their overseas employers.
Several DCs proposed easing the process of sending workers abroad, saying that hundreds of jobseekers have been waiting to go abroad after completing registration.
Expatriates Welfare Minister Nurul Islam called upon the DCs to play a vital role in checking illegal migration and human trafficking.
ENVIRONMENT AND LAND MINISTRIES At a meeting with top officials of the environment ministry, the DCs requested expanding the capacity of environment courts.
Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju asked the deputy commissioners to continue with their drive against polluting industries until they set up effluent treatment plants.
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif instructed the DCs to take actions against illegal sand lifters. The DCs should ensure that people do not suffer for getting their land-related works done and the land record rooms are secured, he added.
The DCs proposed that the government arrange vehicles for assistant commissioners (land) so that they can work easily at the field level.
WATER RESOURCES MINISTRY
The deputy commissioners suggested the water resources ministry take up a project to check river erosion.
They also wanted to know about the government's next steps towards preventing river erosion, rehabilitating erosion victims and ending waterlogging in different districts.
Some DCs expressed concern over the present condition of river erosion in the country, said State Minister for Water Resources Nazrul Islam.
HEALTH MINISTRY
The DCs proposed transferring the third and fourth class employees from public hospitals as they remain busy with the activities of employees' unions and often do not give service to patients. The DCs urged the health ministry to renovate hospitals in towns and fill up the vacant posts of doctors and nurses.
State Minister for Health Zahid Malik said they asked the DCs to take steps to evict brokers from public hospitals and check entry of medical representatives of pharmaceutical companies to the hospitals during office hours. "The district administrations can also operate mobile courts to this end," Zahid told reporters.
There are complaints that brokers at public hospitals persuade patients to go to private hospitals.
POWER, FOOD AND DISASTER MINISTRY
The DCs demanded the power ministry ensure uninterrupted power supply to all the districts.
State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid Bipu said they might be able to provide uninterrupted power supply to consumers within the next three years.
The government should construct large storehouses in different districts as many of them have been damaged, suggested DCs.
Food Minister Qamrul Islam said, "We've assured them [DCs] of soon constructing a storehouse with a capacity of 1.5 lakh tonnes."
The DCs also sought an increased allocation from the government for disaster management.
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said they would take steps in this regard.
LGRD AND CHT AFFAIRS MINISTRIES
The DCs urged the LGRD ministry to repair and construct roads in rural areas and increase manpower at union parishads to speed up work at the grassroots.
LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said the government would increase allocation for the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) districts as per a proposal of the DCs. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES MINISTRIES
The deputy commissioners wanted the government to issue a guideline for allocating unused industrial plots to businessmen. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said initiatives would be taken to this end.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed asked the DCs to identify a special product in each districts for export.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the three-day DC conference on Tuesday.