BMRCL chief Maheshwar Rao is also new Palike bossThe state government on Monday placed Rao, a 1995-batch IAS officer, in the concurrent charge of the BBMP chief commissioner. 
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Maheshwar Rao.
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Bengaluru: Senior IAS officer and Namma Metro chief M Maheshwar Rao will now also head the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
The state government on Monday placed Rao, a 1995-batch IAS officer, in the concurrent charge of the BBMP chief commissioner.
Tushar Girinath, the 1993-batch IAS officer and the BBMP's outgoing chief commissioner, has been given three responsibilities: he is now the additional chief secretary of the home and urban development departments, as well as the BBMP administrator.
His predecessor, SR Umashankar, is retiring on superannuation on April 30.