Chandigarh, December 27,2018: 1986 batch IAS officer Manoj Kumar Parida has joined as the advisor to UT administrator VP Singh Badnore. Parida who assumed his charge on Wednesday has earlier served in various capacities in Delhi.
Mentioning about his priorities, Parida said that traffic and smart city projects would be dealt with at the first place.
“Inspite of sitting in office I would like to make field visits so that practical solutions to the perennial problems could be found for Chandigarh. A growing problem of vehicular traffic is being witnessed in the UT for sometime now and it needs to be addressed immediately”, said Parida.
Parida’s predecessor Parimal Rai has been posted as chief secretary, Goa.