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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced on Friday, 20 May, that Gyanesh Bharti was appointed as the commissioner of the unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Bharti is a 1998-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.
The ministry further said that 1992-batch IAS officer Ashwani Kumar will take up the charge of Special officer in the MCD, as per ANI.
A Home Ministry notification had also stated that the three civic bodies in Delhi would merge into one on 22 May, as per IANS.
The former MCD was trifurcated in 2012, creating North, South, and East Delhi Municipal Corporations.
The Bill to merge the three civic bodies was passed by by the Lok Sabha on March 30 and by the Rajya Sabha on April 5. President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent 18 April.
(With inputs from ANI and IANS.)
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Published: 20 May 2022,05:00 PM IST