AP transfers Vizag civic commissioner at SEC’s behest

AMARAVATI/VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra Pradesh government has transferred Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner G. Srijana at the request of the State Election Commission and replaced her with Nagalakshmi.

"On the request of the SEC, government of AP sent panel for the post of commissioner, GVMC, Nagalakshmi's name was approved by the SEC," said chief secretar y Aditya Nath Das.

Srijana, a 2013-batch Indian Administrative Service officer oversaw the reclamation of some government lands which were encroached by politicians.

She also shot to national fame in 2020 during the onset of coronavirus pandemic for quickly returning to work just af ter giving birth to her child.

Nagalakshmi, a 2012-batch IAS officer, who was chairman and managing director of Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL), has been withdrawn from the energy department and posted as the commissioner of GVMC.