Chennai Corporation gets a Special Coordinator – The Hindu

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A day after the Tamil Nadu government nominated five ministers to oversee containment measures against COVID-19, it appointed senior IAS officer Pankaj Kumar Bansal as Special Coordinator for the Greater Chennai Corporation.

Mr. Bansal will analyse and work out appropriate intervention strategies in identified high-risk zones. It was felt that micro-level plans were needed to be prepared and implemented in Chennai. He will update the Chief Secretary on a daily-basis.

He will work alongside zonal field support teams and support the Corporation Commissioner and the Special Nodal Officer.

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