There are just a few IAS officers who’re liked by the individuals of their districts the place they get posted. Whereas a lot of the IAS officers behave like kings these days and are busy making reels and giving motivation on social media, some work on the bottom to ship for the individuals. Divya Mittal is one such IAS officer who is understood for her work and even faces transfers for not bowing all the way down to errant native politicians.
Divya Mittal has now been posted as District Justice of the Peace of Deoria in Uttar Pradesh. Mittal was transferred from Mirzapur for allegedly ‘violating protocol’ after she carried out ‘jal pujan’ at a village. In 2023, the village of Lahuria Dah in Mirzapur, situated on the Madhya Pradesh border, obtained water for the primary time in practically 70 years. Divya Mittal had labored for months to convey piped water to the village. On August 30, 2023, when water lastly flowed by means of the pipes, she carried out a small ‘water puja’ ceremony. This didn’t sit properly with native chief Vipul Singh, who wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Consequently, she was transferred by September 2023.
The residents of Lahuria Dah had been very sad with the information of her switch. Subsequently, the switch was placed on maintain from September 4, 2023, to February 1, 2024. On February 1, 2024, she was appointed because the CEO of the Rural Highway Growth Company.
Who’s Divya Mittal?
Divya Mittal is a 2013 batch IAS officer with an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a B.Tech from IIT Delhi. She had left a job as a world derivatives dealer in London to affix the civil service.
Mittal’s Starting As Deoria DM
Since taking cost of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh, DM Divya Mittal (IAS) has been making headlines. After assuming workplace on July 14, she held an introductory press convention on July 18. Through the convention, she candidly shared that she has problem remembering names and faces and tends to be a bit forgetful. She apologized prematurely for this and talked about that she had already knowledgeable her officers about it. She expressed confidence that, with time, she would overcome this problem and construct sturdy relationships. At the moment, a video of the DM goes viral on social media, producing appreciable dialogue.
Lately, DM Mittal visited a flood-affected space. When an ADM steered she transfer to the shade as a result of intense warmth, she replied straightforwardly, “It is simply daylight; we cannot soften.” Many individuals praised her down-to-earth perspective.
