Five women man key posts in Panchkula

PANCHKULA: With the appointment of a woman deputy commissioner of police (DCP), the administration is being 'manned' by women in Panchkula, as all the five key posts are now being held by the fair sex.
The post of Panchkula DCP was filled on Monday, with Parul Kush Jain joining. She has replaced DCP Maneesh Chaudhary, who has recently been posted to Chandigarh as superintendent of police (SP), traffic.
Masters in Botany from Panjab University, Jain was earlier posted as SP, Kurukshetra. Ashima Brar, who took over in 2010 as the 13th deputy commissioner of Panchkula is continuing on the post.
The 27th sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Panchkula, Sharandeep Kaur Brar, who came second in her batch joined eight months ago.
Besides, the district education officer of Panchkula too is a woman. Nalini Mimani had joined on the post two years ago.
The 20th sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Kalka, Manita Malik, was appointed to the post seven months ago. "It is a nice change to see women running Panchkula. I marvel at their juggling abilities as apart from handling such
responsible posts, they are also running their households. Running a city is not easy," said Dia Shangari, a resident of Sector 9, Panchkula.
"I just hope that they live up to the expectations. Running a city is a challenging task. I hope we get co-operation from them," said Rajveer Singh, a resident of Sector 11, Panchkula.
Apart from these five key posts, some other important posts too are being held by women.
The post of district elementary education officer is being held by Anita Anand, Vijay Lakshmi is the Red Cross secretary, while Dr Usha Gupta is the principal medical officer.