While Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s announcement of R11,441 crore worth of projects for the city brought joy to Mumbaikars, the state government and railways are not seeing eye to eye over which project to implement first. Disagreements emerged at the very first meeting between state officials and railway authorities.

While Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation is expected to procure 500 new suburban coaches under MUTP-III, railway officials want these to be air-conditioned coaches. File pic for representation