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Background of Upazila Administration

The idea of ​​taking the administration to the doorsteps of the rural people is not new to Bangladesh. Due to various reasons such as colonial mentality, lack of money and suitable officers, this idea could not be implemented for a long time. And it can be said that the development administration of Bangladesh was halted till the district Bara Jor subdivision. There was no local government institution in the police station, nor was there any development activity. The scope of work of the few officers was limited to law and order and tax collection. In 1959, the Basic Democracy Order changed this system. A local government body was set up at the thana level, but the main role was to coordinate the functions of the Union Parishad. Dr. Akhtar Hamid Khan, the founder of the Rural Development Academy of Bangladesh in Comilla, proposed the formation of a Training and Development Center (TTCD). He identified the police station as the focal point of development. According to him, Thana Training and Development Centers (TTCs) were set up in each thana in the '70s and' 80s and efforts were made to set up a Thana Secretariat by appointing officers from different ethnic groups. But in spite of all this, some weaknesses remain at this stage.

1. The Thana Parishad (or Thana Council) remained controlled by government officials and had no source of income of its own and its work was limited to coordinating the development activities of the Union Parishad.

2. It was not possible to send a sufficient number of officers to the police station and most of the officers who were in the police station were incompetent and low level.

3. The amount of assistance provided by the National Government at the Thana Parishad level was insufficient and the authority of the district / sub-divisional level officer remained in place over the local authority over its use. As a result, the benefits of development have not reached the villagers in the past. It is against this backdrop that the government has carried out the patriotic and timely reforms in the system of administration that was left behind by the colonial British government in 1972. Among other reforms, administrative decentralization has been universally recognized as a landmark step. In this process of administrative decentralization, the former Thana Parishads across the country have been upgraded and transformed into Upazilas. These upazilas are the focal point of development. Since then, all kinds of development initiatives have been revolving around the upazila. The upazila administration has already been streamlined and the decision-making power has been given to the upazila.