WB Health Secretary Vivek Kumar shifted to Environment Department, Narayan Swaroop Nigam to take charge
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Government's Health and Family Welfare department's Principal Secretary Vivek Kumar has been removed from his present post and shifted to the Environment department with immediate effect.
A notification said Kumar will take charge as Principal Secretary of the State's Environment department.
Narayan Swaroop Nigam, who was in charge of the State's Transport department, will take over as Principal Secretary of the Health department.
The State Health department has been in the news after the Covid-19 hit West Bengal in mid-March and the Oppositions as well as the Union Government have been accusing it of being "non-transparent" in the fact and figure of Covid casualties and test was inadequate compared to number of affected people.
Last month, the State government transferred Principal Secretary of State Food and Supplies department Manoj Agarwal.
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