India, May 7 -- The Haryana government on Monday night transferred the municipal commissioners of Gurugram and Faridabad in a bureaucratic reshuffle involving six senior IAS officers. chief secretary Anurag Rastogi issued the orders allegedly after public outrage over civic unpreparedness during the season's first pre-monsoon showers.

Pradeep Dahiya, a 2013-batch IAS officer and former deputy commissioner of Jhajjar, has been appointed municipal commissioner of Gurugram, replacing Ashok Kumar Garg. Dahiya will also serve as district municipal commissioner. In Faridabad, IAS officer Dhirendra Khadgata has taken over as municipal chief. Both are expected to assume charge by Wednesday.

Officials maintained the transfers are routine.

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