Infrastructure
Kerala: India's First Water Metro Likely To Be Launched Next Month
- By December, 14 Water Metro terminals are planned to be operational.
Kochi Water Metro (Via Twitter)
The first Water Metro project in the country is likely to be launched in Kochi next month.
Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) delivered the fifth Water Metro boat built for Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) on Saturday (15 October).
For the Rs 747-crore water metro project, 15 routes have been identified, connecting 10 islands spanning 76 km.
Previously, the project was slated to launch in April of this year.
If everything goes as planned, it will probably be opened during the first week of November in conjunction with the National level urban mobility India conference, reports Economic Times .
The Water Metro project is projected to revolutionise Kochi's water transportation sector.
Of the total 38 jetties planned, the ones at High Court, Vypeen, and Mulavukad are almost finished, and the ones at Vyttila and Kakkanad are already ready.
By December, 14 Water Metro terminals are planned to be operational.
In 2021, the State government recommended the formation of a fare-fixing committee to revise Water Metro's fare structure in accordance with market conditions.
