# Mymensingh City Corporation

Mymensingh City Corporation (Bengali: ময়মনসিংহ সিটি কর্পোরেশন: in short-MCC), is a local governing body that administered all civic services in the Mymensingh, the city of Bangladesh. The MCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 44 councillors. It follows The City Corporation act, 2009 and derives most of its powers from it.
Mymensingh City Corporation is the municipal corporation of the city of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The city is located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Dhaka, the capital of the country.

## About MCC

Mymensingh Municipality was upgraded to a city corporation, the country's 12th, on 2 April 2018 at a meeting of the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Reforms (NICAR), after satisfying all eight criteria for forming a city corporation. At the time, Cabinet Division Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) NM Ziaul Alam declared that the new city corporation would consist of Mymensingh Municipality, two whole union parishads, and parts of six others, out of the thirteen union parishads of Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. Mymensingh Municipality had an estimated 2018 population of 471,858 in an area of 91.315 square kilometres (35.257 sq mi).

## History

In September 2011, the Mymensingh Zila Nagorik Andolon campaigned to turn Mymensingh into the divisional capital and a city corporation. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to turn Mymensingh into a city corporation in January 2013. Mymensingh city was made the capital of the newly formed Mymensingh division, which was the 8th division of Bangladesh. On 20 November 2017, the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation decided to make Mymensingh into a city corporation.

## Services

The MCC Government is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
| Departments | Services |
| Electricity | Maintenance of road lighting and street lamps. |
| Urban Planning and Development | Development and renovation of roads, drains, canals, bridges, culverts and footpaths etc. |
| Urban Planning and Development | Land development and city beautification. |
| Urban Planning and Development | Urban expansion and development of planned residential areas. |
| Engineering | Granting permission to cut roads for laying gas, water lines. |
| Engineering | Building Design Approval, Contractor Registration, Contractor Renewal, Land Demarcation Certificate. |
| Transportation and Communication | Urban transport system and de-congestion. |
| Transportation and Communication | City traffic control and parking management. |
| Transportation and Communication | Emergency transportation and storage of corpses. |
| Transportation and Communication | Construction and Management of Bus Terminals. |
| Transportation and Communication | Road roller hire, provision of ambulance for sick patients. |
| Waste Management and Cleaning | Solid waste management and street cleaning. |
| Waste Management and Cleaning | Clearing drains and eliminating waterlogging. |
| Waste Management and Cleaning | Mosquito eradication. |
| Health | Management of Matrisadan Hospital and General Hospital Charitable Hospital and Homeo Charitable Hospital |
| Health | Immunization of mothers and children, deworming and conduct of vitamin A+ campaign under EPI programme. |
| Health | Diploma in Midwifery Institute and Management of Health Technology. |
| Registrar | Registration of births/deaths and issuance of certificates. |
| Registrar | Issuance of nationality, inheritance and character certificates. |
| Education | Conducting Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools, Furkaniya Madrasas, Sanskrit Tolls and Kindergartens. |
| Education | Management of computer institutes and technical training institutes. |
| Education | Management of Adult Education and Teacher Training Centres. |
| Education | Conducting theater institutes for healthy development in cultural activities. |
| Water Supply and Sewerage | Clean Water Supply and Sewerage Management in the entire City Corporation. |
| Revenue | New issue/renewal of trade license, change of name and change of ownership. |
| Revenue | Issuance of holding number, change of number, collection of holding tax and reduction of tax, cancellation of holding name etc. |
| Revenue | Allotment of shops owned by the Corporation, transfer of shops, allotment of market shops, lease of huts, maintenance of fixed assets of the Corporation. |
| Security and Law and Order | Coordinating with concerned authorities to ensure city security. |
| Security and Law and Order | Installing and monitoring CCTV cameras. |
| Magistracy | Settlement of cases through arbitration and appellate court proceedings. |
| Magistracy | Mobile court to conduct anti-adulteration campaign. |
| Housing and Public Works | Distribution of residential plots and flats to solve the city's housing crisis. |
| Social Welfare | Celebration of National Days, Annual Donations. |
| Social Welfare | Construction of children's parks to increase children's recreational facilities. |
| Environmental Protection | Controlling climate pollution and tackling the effects of climate change. |
| Environmental Protection | Greening and establishing urban gardens and planting trees. |

## Annual Budget

Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) has announced a budget of ৳572.11 crore (US$47 million) for 2023-24 fiscal year.

## Ward and councillor list

| # | Ward | Councillor | Party | Party |
| 1 | Ward-1 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | Ward-2 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | Ward-3 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | Ward-4 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 5 | Ward-5 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 6 | Ward-6 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | Ward-7 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | Ward-8 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 9 | Ward-9 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 10 | Ward-10 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 11 | Ward-11 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 12 | Ward-12 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 13 | Ward-13 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 14 | Ward-14 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 15 | Ward-15 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 16 | Ward-16 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 17 | Ward-17 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 18 | Ward-18 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 19 | Ward-19 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 20 | Ward-20 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 21 | Ward-21 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 22 | Ward-22 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 23 | Ward-23 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 24 | Ward-24 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 25 | Ward-25 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 26 | Ward-26 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 27 | Ward-27 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 28 | Ward-28 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 29 | Ward-29 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 30 | Ward-30 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 31 | Ward-31 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 32 | Ward-32 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 33 | Ward-33 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| Reserved Women's Councillor |||||
| 34 | Reserved women's seat-1 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 35 | Reserved women's seat-2 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 35 | Reserved women's seat-3 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 37 | Reserved women's seat-4 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 38 | Reserved women's seat-5 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 39 | Reserved women's seat-6 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 40 | Reserved women's seat-7 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 41 | Reserved women's seat-8 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 42 | Reserved women's seat-9 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 43 | Reserved women's seat-10 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 44 | Reserved women's seat-11 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |

## List of mayors
### Status

* Acting Mayor and Administrator
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Reference |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Reference |
| 1 | | Ekramul Haque Titu | 2019 2024 | 27 May 2019 | 19 August 2024 | 5 years, 84 days | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| – | | Umme Salma Tanzia (Administrator) | – | 19 August 2024 | 8 November 2024 | 206 days | Independent | |
| – | | Md. Mokhtar Ahmed (Administrator) | – | 9 November 2024 | Incumbent | 124 days | Independent | |

## Deputy mayor

The deputy mayor (also known as Panel mayor) is a second-ranking official of city corporation. 3 Panel mayors are appointed by vote of councillors. The 1st panel mayor with the highest number of votes is appointed as deputy mayor. In the absence of the mayor, the deputy mayor controls all functions of the City Corporation.
| Serial No. | Post | Name |
| 01 | Panel Mayor 1 | Vacant |
| 02 | Panel Mayor 2 | Vacant |
| 03 | Panel Mayor 3 | Vacant |