Mumbaikars who were eager to travel in the VAG Metro line for the first time, after it was thrown open to the public yesterday, boarded with the belief that that they would not have to face the kind of problems that plagued the Wadala-Chembur Monorail Phase-I after its inauguration.

However, those who expected the government or the authorities to have learnt from their past mistakes, were sadly proven wrong. The Metro line witnessed technical glitches similar to those which passengers had to endure after the inauguration of the Monorail. In some cases, the glitches were exactly the same, and this makes one wonder whether the authorities are operating in some kind of silos.