The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred several IAS officers, including the District Magistrate of Ayodhya, Nitish Kumar, who has been appointed the MD of Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. Chandra Vijay Singh has been made the new DM of Ayodhya, while Badri Nath Singh has been appointed the new DM of Sonbhadra.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale struck the Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, June 2. The earthquake occurred at around 3:49 PM, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). No casualties or damages have been reported so far, but the earthquake prompted immediate responses from the local administration. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at Lat 24.61 N and Long 83.06 E, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
