With payment of only Rs 36 crore pending from the Maharashtra government for the Mumbai CSMT-Uran local train project, a key city project, the Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve Patil on Tuesday appealed to the state to have a joint meeting with the railways to sort out the issue. Railway officials said they would not allow the project to get delayed as it was in its final stages.

Work on the project, which would be key to the Navi Mumbai airport connectivity, has been fast-tracked with just a small stretch remaining. The work is set for completion in September this year. Of the 27-km stretch, around 12 km till Kharkopar has already been operational. “The project is being done in joint coordination with the state government. I appeal to the Maharashtra government to let us conduct a joint meeting, make a list of all the issues and sort them out, so that projects are not delayed,” Danve said.