8 BBMP zones get their own commissioners 8 BBMP zones get their own commissioners ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 06:00 IST Changes based on burden on chief IAS officers as zonal commissioners of eight Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) zones, in the first of a series of administrative changes being rolled out in keeping with the BBMP Act, 2020. The burden of civic administration on the chief commissioner is expected to reduce with the zonal commissioners getting more powers. It’s however not clear when the BBMP will form zonal committees. Officers who are currently heading different departments in the BBMP have been posted as ex-officio zonal commissioners. They are: East – Manoj Jain (Special Commissioner – Projects), West – Basavaraju S (Special Commissioner – Revenue), South – Tulsi Maddineni (Special Commissioner – Finance), Dasarahalli – Raveendra S (Special Commissioner – Welfare), RR Nagar – B Reddy Shankar Babu (Special Commissioner – Estates, Education and Markets), Bommanahalli – Rajendra Cholan (Special Commissioner – Health and IT), Mahadevapura – Randeep D (Special Commissioner –