The Madhya Pradesh government has transfered as many as 17 IAS officers in a major bureaucratic reshuffle that included seven collectors. This is second such major bureaucratic rejig during the present BJP government after as many as 50 senior IAS officers were given new postings on May 9.
The collectors shifted on June 7 included those from Dewas, Dhar, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Rewa, Singrauli and Agar Malwa districts. Of these districts, Dewas and Dhar have emerged as Covid-19 hotspots while Rewa is heading towards an alarming situation.
Apart from the collectors, Commissioner Indore Division Akash Tripathi (IAS: 1998:MP) was transferred as managing director, Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Ltd, Jabalpur while Dr Pawan Kumar Sharma (IAS:1999:MP), commissioner (field), Narmada Valley Development Authority, Indore became the new commissioner of Indore.
Commissioner of Bhopal Municipal Corporation, B Vijay Dutta(IAS: 2011:MP), was shifted to the state secretariat. Rishi Garg (IAS:2013:MP) was appointed as director of the Industrial Development Corporation, Bhopal through another order by the government.
