Major UP administrative reshuffle; Chandra Vijay Singh new DM of Ayodhya

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred several officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), including district magistrates of Ayodhya and four other districts.

Chandra Vijay Singh, the District Magistrate (DM) of Sonbhadra, has been made the new DM of Ayodhya, the state government said on Saturday night.

Nitish Kumar, the DM of the temple town, has been made the MD of Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd while Badri Nath Singh, who was special secretary at Raj Bhavan has been made the new DM of Sonbhadra.

Nidhi Srivastav has been made the new DM of Budaun replacing Manoj Kumar, who will now take charge as Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission.

Divya Mittal has been made the new DM of Deoria replacing Akhand Pratap Singh, who will take Mittal's place in the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Road Development Authority.

Vice Chairman (VC) of Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) Indra Mani Tripathi Has been appointed as the new DM of Auraiya, replacing Neha Prakash, who has been made the Director of Training and Employment, Uttar Pradesh.

Prathmesh Kumar, who was the Special Secretary with the CM, has been made the new VC of LDA.