Radhakrishnan will be supported by a team of fivesenior police officials, including four ADGP-rank officers, agovernment order from Chief Secretary K Shanmugam said.
Radhakrishnan, Principal Secretary/Commissioner,Revenue Administration, Disaster Management and Mitigation,will coordinate with GCC Commissioner G Prakash and otherteams constituted for the virus containment activities and "toensure effective implementation of various guidelines issuedby the government," the order said.
Chennai, with 906 positive cases as on April 30, hasthe highest number of infections in the state, whosecumulative tally is 2323 so far.
ADGPs Mahesh Kumar Agarwal, Abash Kumar, AmareshPujari and Abhay Kumar Singh and DIG K Bhavaneeswari willsupport Radhahrishnan and will be taking care of respectivezones in the city, besides its suburbs.
The Tamil Nadu government has already constitutedZonal Special Task Teams and other panels of IAS officials aspart of its fight against the spread of the contagion. SASS