Functions of Union Parishad

(Source: Bangladesh Gazette, Additional, October 15, 2009 / Second Schedule / Section 47 Note)



Five-year and various periodic development plans.
Development, conservation and maintenance of rural infrastructure.
Regarding education and primary and mass education activities.
Implementation of Health, Family Planning related activities.
Take necessary actions for agriculture, fisheries and livestock and other economic development.
Take necessary actions in the control of epidemic and disaster management.
Establishment and collection of taxes, fees, tolls, fees etc.
Removing family disputes, performing necessary programs related to women and child welfare.
To take necessary initiatives and cooperation in the activities of sports, social development, culture etc.
Take necessary steps for the development and conservation of the environment.
To maintain law and order, the government has to bear the responsibility and take necessary actions.
Birth and Death Registration.
Protecting public places, open spaces, parks and playgrounds.
Light up the streets of the Union Parishad and in public places.
Planting and preservation and theft and destruction of trees.
Maintenance and maintenance of graveyards, cremation grounds, public meeting places and other government properties.
Stop the entry in the public roads, highways and public places and stop the causes and causes of these places.
To prevent the loss, destruction or destruction of roads and roads.
To ensure the collection, removal and management of dung and street garbage.
Control of criminal and hazardous business.
Removal and control of dead animals and control of animal slaughter.
New home, construction and reconstruction of buildings and dangerous buildings in the union
Management and conservation of sources of wells, water reservoirs, ponds and other sources of water supply.
Prevention of contamination of food water sources and prohibition of drinking water, ponds, or other places of water supply, which are harmful to public health.
Banned or controlled bathing, cloth, raw or animal bath in other places of the pond or water supply, or nearby areas, for safe storage of food.
To prohibit or control the sewage, jute or other trees in other places of the pond or water supply or in nearby places.
To prohibit or control skin color or rigidity in residential areas.
Banning or controlling the lifting of stones or other objects by digging the soil in the residential area.
To prohibit or control the construction of brick, clay pot or other cane in residential areas.
To take necessary action against fire, flood, hailstorm, storm, earthquake or other natural disasters, and provide full support to the government.
Save and help the list of widows, orphans, poor and sick people.
Development and encouragement of cooperative movement and rural industries.
Measures for additional food production.
To control and maintain cattle farms.
Provide first aid centers.
Other measures required for the safety, comfort or convenience of the residents of the union.
Introducing and encouraging e-governance.
Expansion of cooperation with other organizations engaged in a similar task like the Union Parishad.
Responsibilities imposed from time to time by the government