In a bid to tone up development on the ground, the Harish Rawat Government has changed district magistrates in five districts- Dehradun, Haridwar, Chamoli, Uttarkashi and Pithorgarh- on Thursday. Dehradun DM Chandresh Yadav having lost his chair has however, occasioned no surprise here with the Chief Minister Harish Rawat having vented displeasure over his performance.
Director General of Information Department Ravinath Raman has been appointed Dehradun DM. This aside, Additional Secretary to CM Arvind Singh Hyanki has been given additional charge of Additional Secretary and DG information with immediate effect. Chamoli DM SA Murugeshan has also been transferred. He has been made Vice Chariman Haridwar Development Authority and Mela Adhikari Haridwar. Additional secretary Planning Indudhar Baudai has been transferred as DM, Uttarkashi and Uttarakhashi DM C Ravishankar has been transferred as MD GMVN, Dehradun.
Additional Secretary Social Welfare, Commissioner, Director SC and MD Multipurpose Finance Development Corporation and Director Minority Welfare and Commissioner Sugarcane and labour commissioner, Haldwani Sushil Kumar has been transferred as DM Pithoragarh.