India, June 17 -- The Maharashtra government on Tuesday transferred 12 IAS officers, including several senior bureaucrats, in a key administrative reshuffle affecting major infrastructure and civic bodies.

CIDCO vice-chairman and managing director Vijay Singhal has been appointed Officer on Special Duty for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project in Mumbai. The post had remained vacant since the retirement of SVR Srinivas last year, with both bureaucratic and political circles advocating the appointment of a full-time IAS officer to steer the flagship project.

MMRDA additional commissioner Ashwani Mudgal will succeed Singhal as CIDCO chief.

Prajakta Lavangare Verma, who recently returned from central deputation, has been appointed additional...