Bangalore: Senior IAS officer Rajaneesh Goel, on Tuesday August 28 took charge as the new Commissioner of BBMP. Outgoing Commissioner MK Shankerlingegowda handed over charge to Goel.
Speaking after assuming office, Goel said he would try his level best to bring about transparency in BBMP administration. He said steps will be taken to furnish information on the revenue and expenditure of the BBMP on website. He also informed that all essential services of BBMP will be brought under the purview of Sakaala scheme.
Outgoing Commissioner Shankerlingegowda said the BBMP has registered good progress during his nine month tenure and added all under passes excluding the CNR Rao Circle are free for traffic.
On the garbage disposal problem, he chose to say that it was nothing new, but has aggravated now. Such problems cannot be solved until latest technology is incorporated, he said.
The new BBMP Commissioner Rajaneesh Goel is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch and has served as DK ZP CEO and as Managing Director of CAMPCO apart from holding various other postings.