Bhubaneswar, May 13: The state government today appointed senior IAS officer G. Mathivathanan as Administrator, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Mathivathanan, a 1994-batch IAS officer currently holds posts of Principal Secretary to Government, Housing & Urban Development Department with additional charge of Principal Secretary to Government, Parliamentary Affairs Department and Chairman, Cuttack Development Authority.

A notification in this regard was today published by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department. “The additional appointment of Sangramjit Nayak, as Administrator, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation shall stand terminated from the date G. Mathivathanan, takes over,” read the order.

Earlier on Wednesday, IAS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh was appointed as the new Commissioner of BMC.