The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

A special taskforce started monitoring the activities of the officials and employees of the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) yesterday.

The taskforce would run its operations through a special cell set up in the DCC. It was agreed at a meeting held at the Nagar Bhaban yesterday.

The task force, which will start its work through a special cell at the room below the Mayor's Cell of the Nagar Bhaban, will also look into corruption there, which was committed at different periods, said a DCC official.

DCC Mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka and a six-member delegation of the task force led by Lt Col Sultanuzzaman Md Salehuddin worked out the details. The taskforce sat with the heads of different departments of the DCC after meeting with the Mayor.

After the meeting the Mayor said, "The taskforce will help to smoothen the DCC's operations. They will look into our service rules and joint works with other organisations. They will also probe our previous activities."

The taskforce would look into irregularities in the tender process, if any, he added.

Asked if the taskforce would open an office at the DCC, the Mayor said, "Previously they came and investigated the specific complaints. But after discussions, it appears to us that they have a lot of work to do and it's not possible for them to come and go frequently. They will work here and we will help them."

He also said that the DCC had sent a letter to the Chief Adviser for reforms in the organisation. This might be the reason why the taskforce had come here, he added.

Lt Col Salehuddin said, "We are at a primary stage of the job. We will look for the problems in the DCC. We will try to make the DCC more effective and also look into matter of reforms."

The Mayor said the task force would look into everything including strengthening the organogram and laws of the DCC. Smelling the presence of Army, all DCC officials and employees became extra cautious and the contractors and visitors left the Nagar Bhaban immediately.

DCC Chief Executive Office Golam Mostafa told reporters that the task force sought suggestions from them on how to run the DCC more effectively.

Some Army personnel took position at different points of the Nagar Bhaban yesterday. The group left the Bhaban at 5:00pm.