Noida Authority office located in Sector-6. Jagran Archive
Jagran correspondent, Noida. The government has attached Mahendra Prasad, Executive Director and Authority OSD of Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC). He has been put on the waiting list. Actually, the entire controversy was regarding the annual calendar of 2026 of Noida Metro Rail Corporation. Photographs of NMRC officials were pasted in it.
Immediately after the photo was published and went viral, NMRC MD and Noida Authority CEO Dr Lokesh M removed Mahendra Prasad from the post of Executive Director. Its responsibility was given to Krishna Karunesh, Additional Chief Executive Officer of Noida Authority.
On Tuesday, the government took action at its level and removed Mahendra Prasad from the post of OSD of the authority and put him in the waiting list. Sources even say that all their complaints were reaching the government level. This includes everything from affecting the functioning of the authority to the ever-increasing encroachment in the city.
Photos of officers were pasted in the annual calendar
Let us tell you that recently NMRC management released the annual calendar of 2026. Some people have lodged a strong objection with the Managing Director regarding this calendar. Said that there are photos of great men in the calendar, but instead of great men, photos of officers have been pasted in the Metro calendar, this should not have happened.
NMRC Managing Director Dr. Lokesh M took the objection very seriously and reprimanded the concerned officials. After expressing strong objection, it was revealed that such work was done without their permission. He expressed his displeasure on this and ordered for reshuffle.
Besides, the calendar has been deleted from the site and its printing has also been stopped. Not only this, there were continuous complaints being received from the Noida Authority at the government level that they do not do the public's work and are troubling them by repeatedly writing statements in their files.
Apart from this, after his posting, encroachment continuously increased in the city, the lands of the authority and the government were captured by the land mafia. This matter was also taken seriously at the government level, this action was taken on Tuesday, he has been attached to Lucknow. After the information, he left the authority office on Tuesday.