14 IAS officers including A.B. Ibrahim and Hephsiba Rani Korlapati transferred
Bengaluru, Sep.6: State government on Friday issued an order to transfer 14 IAS officers of the state.
Principal Secretary of Higher Education Department Dr. Rajkumar Khatri, Regional Commissioner of Belagavi and Land acquisition of Krishna Meldande and rehabilitation officer Amlan Adithya Biswas. Secretary of minorities welfare department A.B.Ibrahim. Managing Director of BMTC and director of Infrastructure development C. Shikha.
Manager of organized Hutti Gold Mine Ltd. - Salma K Faheem, Commissioner of Labourers department K.G. Shantharam, Commissioner of College education department Anirudhh Shravan, Managing Director of Bengaluru Smart city corporation Hephsiba Rani Korlapati.
Commissioner of Youth empowerment and sports department K.Shrinivas, Director of Handicapped and senior citizens development K.Leelavathi, Director of Women and children development Dr.Arundathi Chandrasekhar, Director of state silk Market committee M.R. Ravikumar, Managing director of BESCOM M.B. Rajesh Gowda and D.S Ramesh is transferred as state housing committee.
The transfer order came out on Friday from the state government.
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Metro services begin in Bhopal; excited residents flock to take rides, selfies
Bhopal (PTI): On the first day of the commercial run of the Metro services in Bhopal on Sunday, hundreds of residents enthusiastically took rides, expressing confidence that it will save time and provide relief from traffic jams.
An official said that the Metro’s first service began at 9 am from the AIIMS station, and by 6 pm, 5,731 people had travelled on the new mass-transit corridor.
He said that people, along with their family members, had been lining up for tickets since early morning. Several users were seen taking selfies and photos inside the Metro rakes and at stations.
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Earlier on Saturday, Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inaugurated the Metro service by flagging off a train from Subhash Nagar station on a 7.5-kilometre stretch, called the “Priority Corridor”.
With this, Bhopal became the 26th city in the country and the second city in Madhya Pradesh, after Indore, to have the Metro service.
Rao Singh, who took a Metro ride, told PTI Videos that besides saving time and money, the new mode of transport will provide relief from traffic jams and pollution.
Another passenger, who identified himself as Chetan, said he was happy that Bhopal is now on the “Metro list”.
Office-goers will benefit a lot due to the Metro service, said a young man named Akshay.
While the estimated cost of the 30.8-km-long Bhopal Metro project is Rs 10,033 crore, a sum of Rs 2,225 crore was spent on the ‘Priority Corridor’, according to officials.
