Ghaziabad: IAS officer Himanshu Nagpal (30), a 2019-batch officer, has been appointed the new municipal commissioner of GMC and is set to take charge on Monday. Nagpal was earlier municipal commissioner of Varanasi for nearly a year and also served as chief development officer (CDO). He has also held the post of joint magistrate in Jaunpur and Kanpur.In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, 38 IAS officers across the state have been transferred by the state govt.Vikramaditya Singh Malik, who has served in Ghaziabad for four years, first as CDO and then as municipal commissioner, has been appointed vice-chairman of Meerut Development Authority.Speaking to TOI from Varanasi, Nagpal said, “I am looking forward to the new assignment. Every district has its own set of problems. In Ghaziabad, taking steps to check pollution will be my priority. Improving the traffic situation is another issue which I would like to focus on apart from projects being undertaken by the corporation. The city has already been doing quite well in cleanliness drives, but there are still areas where it can be improved.”Nagpal, a commerce graduate from Delhi University, has also set his eyes on integrating e-governance into the system. “I believe that there is already a culture of e-governance in every municipality, but I would like to see more of it and create an interface for redressal of public grievances,” said Nagpal.Malik, meanwhile told TOI that the high point of his stint as civic body chief was the recent Swachh Survekshan rankings. The city topped the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 rankings in the million-plus city category, pushing Lucknow and Agra to second and third positions respectively. The rankings were announced on Nov 11. In last year’s survey, Ghaziabad stood third.Asked about projects he would have liked to see completed during his tenure, Malik said, “The project under CM Grid is one project which I would have loved to see its completion under my watch.”Malik’s stint as municipal commissioner was also marked by sharp differences with mayor Sunita Dayal over house tax.
