Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is an organ of

Bangladesh government The government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh () is the central government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Constitution of Bangladesh comprising the executive (the president, prime minister and cabinet), the le ...

created for provision of transport infrastructures in rural areas and to provide technical support to the rural and the urban local government institutions (LGIs), planning and implementation of infrastructure development projects in the rural and urban areas to improve communication and transport network, job creation, and poverty reduction.

History

LGED took root in the early 1960s, when implementation of Works Programme (WP) started to develop physical infrastructure for poor people. In the 1970s, it grew into a cell of the Local Government Division (LGD) under the

Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives () is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipalities of Banglades ...

. In 1982, it became an independent body named the Works Programme Wing per recommendations of the ''Enam Committee'' to administer Works Programme nationwide, and was renamed as the Local Government Engineering Bureau (LGEB) per a decision of the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reforms (NICAR) in October 1984. It was upgraded as LGED in August 1992. LGED implements three of the four components of the

Comilla Model The Comilla Model was a rural development programme launched in 1959 by the East Pakistan Academy for Rural Development. The academy, which is located on the outskirts of Comilla town, was founded by Akhter Hameed Khan, the cooperative pioneer w ...

, a development program designed at the Comilla Academy for Rural Development (renamed as Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development) in 1961. These are the Works Programme, the Upazila Irrigation Programme and construction of Upazila Training and Development Centre. Headed by a ''Chief Engineer'' it employs, as of 2007, a total of 10,246 Engineers and other staff. It has district offices headed by an ''Executive Engineer'' and sub-district offices headed by an ''Upazila Engineer''. Upazila Engineers play key role for transport, social and institutional infrastructure development. LGED implementats more than 60 development projects a year in rural development, agriculture, water and transportation.

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References

For further information

LGED official website
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