There seems to be a spree of transfers in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). On Monday the civic administration transferred three deputy commissioners - these include Vijay Balamwar who was transferred thrice and Harshad Kale who was transferred twice in a month. Civic activists claim this is the first time they have seen officials transferred two or three times in a month.

Balamwar held charge as deputy commissioner (DMC) zone 4 which includes Andheri West (K west), Goregaon (P- South), and Malad (P North), till the first week of September. He was then transferred as DMC Special. Within a week he was transferred back as DMC zone 4. According to the BMC circular on Monday, he was again transferred as the DMC of the Central Purchase Department. A BMC official claimed these were routine transfers.