Cumilla City Corporation has been operating with a severe manpower shortage, forcing an engineer to carry out the duties of health officer for the past five years as the post remains vacant. Key posts such as chief executive officer, chief engineer, revenue officer, executive magistrate, and urban planner have remained vacant for long stretches. Executive Engineer Abu Sayem Bhuiyan has been handling the routine duties of the chief engineer while also acting as health officer. “A health officer could have supervised all health centres under the corporation. Similarly, eight sub-assistant engineer posts are vacant.
