Iqbal Singh Chahal

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Iqbal Singh Chahal
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NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationAdditional Chief Secretary
Organization Government of Maharashtra
Notable workCOVID-19 Management in Mumbai

Iqbal Singh Chahal is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre. [1] [2] He is the former Municipal Commissioner and Administrator of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) [3] [4] [5] and is currently an Additional Chief Secretary in the Maharashtra Chief Minister's office. [6] Prior to this, Chahal has served Government of Maharashtra and India in various capacities. In his initial career he was collector of Thane and Aurangabad 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]

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 Bombay 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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