Officer who worked with Modi appointed flood mitigation panel head
The Hindu
Thiruppugazh was said to be close to PM
Retired IAS officer V. Thiruppugazh, who served in Gujarat under the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and also in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the Prime Minister, has been appointed by the DMK government to lead an advisory panel on mitigation and management of flood risk in the city.
During his career, the 1991 batch IAS officer had served in a key post in the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority and later had been Additional Secretary (Policy and Plan) in the NDMA of which the Prime Minister is the ex-officio chairperson.
Incidentally, Mr. Thiruppugazh, while in the NDMA, led a team to visit Chennai and Kancheepuram in June 2017. His team’s findings were part of the report published by the NDMA titled ‘Tamil Nadu Floods - Lessons Learnt & Best Practices.’
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