NICAR approves three new upazilas, one police station

The National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation (NICAR) on Wednesday (1 July) approved the establishment of three new upazilas and a new police station to strengthen local administration and enhance public service delivery.

The decision was taken at the committee's 121st meeting, held at the Cabinet Division conference room at the Secretariat and chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, according to Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Shiplu.

The newly approved upazilas are Fatikchhari North in Chattogram, Bangra in Cumilla and Dakkhin Gafargaon in Mymensingh.

NICAR also approved the establishment of Halda Police Station by dividing the existing Hathazari Police Station in Chattogram.

The committee also decided to bring the portions of the Purbachal New Town Project located in Narayanganj and Gazipur districts under Dhaka district for administrative purposes.

Under the proposal, Fatikchhari North Upazila will be formed with six unions separated from Fatikchhari Upazila in Chattogram. Bangra Upazila will be created by dividing Muradnagar Upazila in Cumilla, while Dakkhin Gafargaon Upazila will comprise eight unions currently under Pagla Police Station in Gafargaon Upazila of Mymensingh.

The meeting was attended by Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muqtadir, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam, Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher, State Minister for Public Administration Abdul Bari, Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister ABM Abdus Sattar, and secretaries of the relevant ministries, among others.