Ludhiana, June 14 -- The Punjab government on Saturday appointed IAS officer Ojasvi Alankar as the new municipal commissioner of Ludhiana. Alankar, currently serving as additional chief administrator of the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA), will assume the charge on Monday, while Saturday marked the last working day of outgoing commissioner Neeru Katyal Gupta.

Neeru Katyal Gupta has been transferred and posted as special secretary, general administration and coordination. A 2016-batch IAS officer, she had assumed charge as the civic body commissioner on January 27 this year and served in the post for less than five months.

Alankar, the 2020-batch IAS officer, succeeds Neeru at a time when the civic body is pursuing se...