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Bangladesh is an agricultural economy. Rural development is very important in achieving economic progress of this country. At the beginning of the sixties of the last century, four programs of Comilla model were adopted for rural development, among which were-


1. Thana Training and Development Center (TTDC)


2. Rural Works Program (RWP)


3. Thana Irrigation Program (TIP) and


4. Two Tier Co-operatives


 


The implementation of rural development programs included in the Comilla model was basically the main basis for the development of rural infrastructure. Later in the 1970s, a cell was formed under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives to implement the program, which was transformed into the Works Program Wing in 1982 under the Development Budget. In October 1974, the Works Program Wing was reorganized as the Local Government Engineering Bureau (LGEB) under the Revenue Budget. In August 1992, LGEB was promoted to Local Government Engineering Department (LGED).


 


Out of the four programs under the Comilla model, LGED is implementing the remaining three programs apart from the two-tier cooperative program. These activities include development of rural infrastructure, development of small scale water resources and urban development. These are implemented under three sectors. LGED is a decentralized organization with about ninety-eight percent of its manpower working in the field.


 


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