IAS officer Divya Mittal whose rejig sparked row now posted as Deoria DM

In September last year, The Indian Express had reported how residents of Lahuria Dah village were unhappy with Mittal’s transfer from Mirzapur district.

Singh had said that Mittal performing puja was against protocal and that it should have been done by someone from the government.

“The local MLA, MP, and others were not invited,” he had said.

On September 4, the pipe supplying water to the village was broken by “anti-social elements” and the supply had stopped once again.
Lahuria Dah is a small village in eastern UP’s Mirzapur, which has a population of around 1,500 people and falls in the most backward regions of eastern UP. It is inhabited mostly by members of the Dalit community, with some Yadav and Baniya homes.

Mittal, who has an MBA from IIM Bangalore and did her B.Tech from IIT Delhi, had quit her job as an exotic derivatives trader in London to join the civil services. She is a 2013 batch IAS officer.

On Wednesday, she wrote on X, “’This too shall pass’. A truth that gives you hope in bad times and humility in good.”