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Senior IAS serviceman Krishna Karunesh has been appointed arsenic the caller Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Noida Authority, replacing Lokesh M., officials said connected Saturday (January 24, 2026).
A elder Noida Authority confirmed the caller assignment to PTI.
Mr. Karunesh, a 2011-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, takes complaint days aft a contention erupted pursuing the decease of a 27-year-old bundle engineer, Yuvraj Mehta, successful Sector 150 successful Noida connected the nighttime of January 16, which triggered protests by section residents alleging negligence by developers and the authority.
Following the incidental and the consequent protests, Lokesh M., besides an IAS officer, was removed arsenic Noida Authority CEO and placed connected the waiting database connected January 19.
Originally from Bihar, Mr. Karunesh was serving arsenic the District Magistrate of Gorakhpur anterior to his caller appointment. He has earlier held cardinal administrative positions, including Chief Development Officer of Ghaziabad and Vice Chairman of the Ghaziabad Development Authority.
He has besides served arsenic District Magistrate of Hapur and Balrampur, officials said.
