New Municipal Corporation Commissioner Anindita Mitra on Monday said she will accord top priority to fulfil aspirations of citizens besides striving to make Chandigarh, the city beautiful and 1st on the swachata rankings.
The 2007 batch IAS officer assumed the charge of her office here at MCC building. Besides being the Deputy Commissioner of important districts of Punjab, Mitra has remained Director Information and Public Relations, Punjab twice during which she played an important role in organising 550th Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji thereby boosting the image of Punjab government across the globe.
She was also one of the longest serving Directors of Department of Food and Civil Supply Punjab during which she not only broke the back bone of the transport cartel but also ensured smooth and hassle free procurement operations for four consecutive years. The efforts made by her for procurement of grains and presenting the right image of government during the COVID times was also appreciated.
After taking charge, Mitra said that the main focus will be to provide clean, effective, efficient, transparent and citizen centric administration to people, adding that maximum use of technology will be made to further make the city clean, green and pollution free. The Municipal Commissioner also said that efforts will be made to ensure scientific management of garbage thereby giving big reprieve to people.
Soliciting support from people, the Commissioner said that on her part she will ensure every type of environment friendly initiative development for further facelift of the city adding that people should also walk hand in hand with the administration to maintain its ethos. She said that number one rank of Chandigarh as City Beautiful will be ensured at all costs.