In an apparent move to rein in water mafia active in connivance with alleged involved of its own employees, the Delhi Jal Board, on Monday, transferred 800 of its officials.
The announcement has come just a few days after the new CEO of the water utility Vijay Kumar constituted a task force to inspect the workings of the tanker services.
“The move is an attempt to streamline our services at the service delivery point. Eight hundred of our officials have been issued transfer orders. The officials who have been reshuffled work in 25 of our water emergency and filling points,” said a DJB official. Officials said that all those officials who have worked for over three years in a particular place have been transferred to a different place.
“It has been our constant endeavour to shift focus from being only an engineering-driven organisation to being a cutting-edge services provider in the area of public utility. The Delhi Jal Board is constantly making efforts to streamline its services and systems,” he added. Earlier Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said the Government will take action against DJB employees if their involvement is found with water mafia.
Meanwhile, In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Gyanesh Bharti, MD of Tourism Department has been appointed as Transport Commissioner of Delhi State. Gyanesh Bharti, an UT cadre IAS officer of taken place of Arvind Ray. SS Yadav, a 1992 batch IAS office took charge as Secretary of Urban Development Department. Yadav was earlier posted as Secretary Food and supply in the Delhi government. Arun Broka, another UT cadre IAS officer of 1990 batch, was given additional charge of Secretary of Art, Culture, language and Administrative Reforms. Broka is already holding post of Secretary of PWD of Delhi Government. Arun Yadav, another IAS officer of 1985 batch, was given addition charge of secretary of Food and Supply Department in place of Principal Secretary of Urban Development department of Delhi State.