Rakesh Singh, Gaurav Gupta is new BBMP Commissioner

Source : TH

The State government on Wednesday transferred Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad and Administrator Gaurav Gupta. Hewill now be called the ‘Chief Commissioner’, and the eight zonal commissioners will start their work from April 1. The order included the names of the zonal commissioners: East Zone — Manoj Jain; West Zone — Basavaraju S; South Zone — Tulasi Madineni; Dasarahalli — Ravindra SG; RR Nagar — B Reddy Shankar Babu; Bommanahalli — Rajendra Cholan; Mahadevapura and Yelahanka — D Randeep.

Mr. Gupta told reporters that his appointment comes with more responsibilities. “The Commissioner is the executive head of the BBMP. He/ she has an important role to play in utilising all available resources to solve issues of the city,” he said. He also said that during his seven-month tenure as Administrator in the BBMP, he has seen closely the issues plaguing the city and issued directions to officials concerned on solving several of them.
Mr. Singh, after taking charge, said the focus would now be on two issues – spike in COVID-19 positive cases and preparing for the upcoming monsoon months.