Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle in UP; 21 IAS Officers Shifted, New DMs for Lucknow, Gorakhpur

GG News Bureau

Lucknow, 8th June. In a major bureaucratic reshuffle on Tuesday, the Yogi Government in Uttar Pradesh transferred 21 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and posted nine new district magistrates (DMs), including in the state capital Lucknow, and Gorakhpur.

Krishna Karunesh, vice-chairman of Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), has been made the district magistrate of Gorakhpur while Ghaziabad district magistrate Rakesh Kumar Singh II has been given the additional charge of GDA, a government spokesperson said.

Firozabad District magistrate Suryapal Gangwar has been shifted to Lucknow while the commissioner of Prayagraj Municipal Corporation Ravi Ranjan will replace him in Firozabad.

Visakh, Special secretary to the chief minister, has been sent to Kanpur Nagar as the district magistrate.

While Aligarh district magistrate Selva Kumari J has been made the commissioner of Bareilly division, Basti district magistrate Soumya Agrawal has been posted to Ballia on the same post. She will replace Inder Vikram Singh, who has been transferred to Aligarh.

M Priyanka Niranjan, who was Jalaun district magistrate, will replace Agrawal in Basti, while Chandni Singh, who was awaiting posting, will take over from Niranjan.

Jhansi Municipal Corporation Commissioner Avnish Kumar Rai has been appointed as the district magistrate of Etawah, the government spokesman said.