10 DCs among 36 IAS officers shifted in HP

: In a second major bureaucratic reshuffle, the state government transferred 36 IAS, including deputy commissioners of 10 districts on Friday.

The government transferred Shimla deputy commissioner (DC) Rohan Chand Thakur as the director of urban development. He has been replaced by Amit Kashyap on the post.

Solan deputy commissioner Rakesh Kanwar was transferred as director of rural development.

Hans Raj Sharma has been appointed in his place. Hamirpur DC Sandeep Kadam was transferred as director of women and child development and Rakesh Kumar Prajapati will be new Hamirpur DC.

Similarly, Kangra DC CP Verma was transferred as special secretary of forest and Sandeep Sharma appointed as the new Kangra DC.

Bilaspur DC RM Thakur will now hold the same position in Mandi while Vivek Bhatia will be new DC at Bilaspur.

Gopal Chand was appointed the new deputy commissioner of Kinnaur while Harikesh Meena will be the new deputy commissioner of Chamba.

Sirmaur deputy commissioner BC Badalia was transferred as director of transport and will be succeeded by Lalit Jain in Sirmaur.

DC of Lahaul-Spiti, DS Negi, was transferred as settlement officer of Shimla division. Kinnaur DC NK Lath was transferred as director of empowerment of SCs, OBCs and minority affairs. Raj Krishan Purthi was shifted as member secretary of the state pollution control board.

Chamba deputy commissioner Sudesh Mokhta was transferred as director of tourism along with an additional charge of MD, Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.

Further, Sandeep Bhatnagar was transferred as managing director of Himachal Road Transport Corporation. Akshay Sood was transferred as divisional commissioner of Shimla and Rajiv Kumar Shankar will be the new divisional commissioner of Kangra.

SS Guleria was appointed as MD, state civil supply corporation and Hamirpur DC Madan Chauhan was appointed the new director of food and civil supplies department.

The government also gave additional charge of department of home and vigilance to Prabodh Saxena. Earlier, the government had given the home department to principal secretary JC Sharma.

Nisha Singh, additional chief secretary, Ayurveda, was shifted as ACS Ayurveda, labour and employment and social justice. RN Batta who was under transfer as registrar of cooperative societies has now been shifted as secretary of rural development, panchayati raj.