Haridwar: In a move following the exposure of a major land scam in Haridwar, the Uttarakhand government has appointed IAS Mayur Dixit as the new District Magistrate (DM) of Haridwar.
The appointment is based on swift administrative action ordered by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami following the discovery of serious irregularities in the Haridwar Municipal Corporation.Â
Dixit, who previously served as the DM of Tehri Garhwal, was also holding additional responsibilities as Director of the Rehabilitation Tehri Dam Project and Vice Chairman of the District Development Authority, Tehri. He has now been relieved of those posts to take on the critical assignment in Haridwar.
In a parallel administrative reshuffle, IAS Nitika Khandelwal, a 2015-batch IAS officer, has been appointed as the new DM of Tehri Garhwal. She will also assume the role of Director, Rehabilitation Tehri Dam Project. Khandelwal has held significant roles in the IT Department, Science & Technology, and as Managing Director of Hiltron.
