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Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai
Iqbal Singh Chahal
Nationality Indian Citizenship Indian Occupation Additional Chief Secretary Organization
Government of Maharashtra Notable work COVID-19 Management in Mumbai
Iqbal Singh Chahal is a 1989 batch
IAS officer of
Maharashtra cadre.
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[2] He is the former
Municipal Commissioner and Administrator of
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
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[4]
[5] and is currently an Additional Chief Secretary in the Maharashtra Chief Minister's office.
[6] Prior to this, Chahal has served Government of Maharashtra and India in various capacities. In his initial career he was collector of
Thane and
Aurangabad districts,
[1] later on he was
Joint Secretary in
Ministry of Home Affairs ,
Ministry of Women & Child Development and
Ministry of Panchayati Raj .
[1] Following that he was also
Principal Secretary in Water Resources Department and Urban Development Department of Maharashtra.
[1]
Notable works
Chahal is widely given the credit for keeping
COVID-19 under check in
Mumbai .
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Supreme Court of India and
High Court of Bombay also lauded Chahal for his Mumbai Model.
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He added thousands of beds through new field hospitals, and private facilities handed over their COVID-19 wards to the government with 800 vehicles being turned into ambulances. A proactive approach was used to focus on 55 slums including,
Dharavi , where a strict lock-down was accompanied by aggressive sanitation of public toilets, mass coronavirus screening and a huge volunteer effort to ensure that nobody went hungry. All positive test reports in Mumbai were routed through "war rooms".
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He received Newsmakers Achievers Awards in 2021.
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References
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"Executive record sheet" . Supremo - Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India . Archived from
the original on 10 May 2021.
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"Mumbai: Iqbal Singh Chahal completes a year as BMC chief" . Free Press Journal .
Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
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"BMC chief: If someone laughs at us, how do I share Mumbai model" . The Indian Express . 7 May 2021.
Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
^ RAJAGOPAL, DIVYA (12 May 2020).
"New BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal must find a fix that can go viral" . The Economic Times .
ISSN
0013-0389 .
Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
^ Scroll Staff (6 May 2021).
"Covid: Mumbai to get new drive-in vaccination centres in every zone within 24 hours, says civic body" . Scroll.in .
Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
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"Chahal appointed as additional chief secretary in CMO" . The Times of India . 23 March 2024.
ISSN
0971-8257 . Retrieved 26 March 2024 .
^ Rawat, Shivani (1 May 2021).
"Off The Cuff with Iqbal Singh Chahal" . ThePrint .
Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
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"COVID-19 in Mumbai: Have grip over mortality rate, says BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal" . Free Press Journal .
Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
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"New guidelines soon, says Aaditya Thackeray after discusses crowding at vaccination centres with BMC chief" . Mumbai Mirror .
Archived from the original on 27 July 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
^ Joshi, Neha (7 May 2021).
"Follow BMC as model to manage COVID-19 pandemic: Bombay High Court to other municipal corporations in State" . Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news .
Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
^ Shantanu, Shashank (5 May 2021).
"Learn from Mumbai: Supreme Court lauds BMC's oxygen management, asks Delhi, Centre to take note" . www.indiatvnews.com .
Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
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"Supreme Court lauds 'Mumbai model' of Covid management, asks Delhi, Centre to take note" . India Today .
Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
^ Chakrabarti, Angana (30 April 2021).
"Inside a Mumbai Covid war room: 16 staff, phones that ring every minute, 'eat when you can' " . ThePrint .
Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .
^ AFP.
"Covid-19: How India's most crowded city beat the virus" . Khaleej Times . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
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"26.08.2021: Governor presented the 13th Afternoon Newsmakers' Achievers Awards at Raj Bhavan | Raj Bhavan Maharashtra | India" . Rajbhavan .