Amravati. Metropolitan Municipality Commissioner Prashant Rode has been transferred. In his place, Dr. Praveen Ashtikar, Additional Commissioner, Nashik has been appointed as Municipal Commissioner. These transfer orders were issued from the Ministry of Urban Development on Friday morning. Prashant Rode has not been appointed anywhere yet. But as soon as the transfer order is received, he has been asked to be relieved. At the same time, the Urban Development Ministry has issued orders to Dr. Ashtikar to join the new posting place immediately.
Change commissioner before completion of 2 years
Prashant Rode accepted the post of Municipal Commissioner on 14 March 2020. His 2-year term was about to be completed in the coming March 2022. But before that he was transferred. During his tenure, along with the pending Ghankachara project, many other projects moved towards completion. He also played an important role in exposing the toilet scam and other cases.
Even after sending some of the resolutions of the auditorium to fragmentation, he remained on the target of the ruling party. But he had to face a lot of humiliation in the case of leaking the secret draft of the division composition. After that, he himself had clearly told about his lack of desire to work in Amravati Municipal Corporation. Since then the speculation of his transfer was intensifying.
Joining before Monday – Dr. Ashtikar
Newly appointed Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Dr. Praveen Ashtikar told that he will reach Amravati before Monday and will accept his assignment. He told that he is a native of Nanded, and has been permanent in Pune for the last 25 years. His first posting was in Kinwat as the Chief Officer. Here he served for 5 years.
After that, after working as the Chief Officer of Ambazari for two and a half years, he got a posting as Municipal Commissioner of Ahmednagar. Where he completed his tenure of 3 years. After that he was appointed as the chief officer of Ichalkaranji. Where after serving for 3 years, he took over the work of Deputy Commissioner in Pune Municipal Corporation for 6 and a half years. After that he worked as a Joint Director in the Pune Metropolitan Transport Corporation for 4 years.
After that worked for 4 years as Additional Commissioner in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipality. After that he got appointment as commissioner in Bhiwandi Municipality. After serving here for a quarter of a year, he was working as an additional commissioner in the Nashik Municipal Corporation for the last quarter of a year. Now he has got appointment as Amravati Municipal Commissioner.