Iqbal Singh Chahal

Iqbal Singh Chahal is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.[1][2] He is currently the Municipal Commissioner & Administrator of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).[3][4][5][6] Mr. Chahal has served Government of Maharashtra and India in various capacities. In his initial career he was collector of Thane and Chhatrappati Sambhaji Maharaj Nagar 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]

Iqbal Singh Chahal
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationCommissioner & Administrator of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
OrganizationGovernment of Maharashtra
Notable workCOVID-19 Management in Mumbai

Notable Works

Chahal is widely given the credit for keeping COVID-19 under check in Mumbai.[7][8][9] Supreme Court of India and High Court of Maharashtra also lauded Chahal for his Mumbai Model.[10][11][12][13]

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".[14]

He received Newsmakers Achievers Awards in 2021.[15]

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  14. AFP. "Covid-19: How India's most crowded city beat the virus". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  15. "26.08.2021: Governor presented the 13th Afternoon Newsmakers' Achievers Awards at Raj Bhavan | Raj Bhavan Maharashtra | India". Rajbhavan.
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