Vijayawada: Chevvuri Hari Kiran on Tuesday took charge as the new commissioner of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation.

The state government issued orders appointing Hari Kiran, who was serving as the Chittoor sub-collector, as the VMC commissioner, recently.

Speaking to reporters at his office after taking charge, Hari Kiran expressed his happiness at being given the opportunity to serve as the civic body chief of the place where he had attended the training camp as part of his IAS training programme for a fortnight.

Hari Kiran assured that he would give priority to the issues faced by the civic body taking into consideration their intensity and ensure that Grievances Day was compulsorily conducted every Monday of the week.

The Grievances Day will help get the people’s viewpoint and solutions will be arrived at keeping in mind the absence of a municipal council, he said.

Hari Kiran assured that he would take all necessary steps to ensure that the VMC gets funds and the issue of the garbage dumping yard is sorted out before the 2014 elections.