As Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kochi metro today, all eyes were on the brand new transport addition the Kerala government has added. There are many reasons why the country needs to be proud of the metro line – not just because it was completed in time and that it is setting an example of using clean energy,…
KOCHI: It would be a dream come true for Kochites as the Metro begins its inaugural journey on Saturday morning. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would set the ball rolling when he makes his journey on the Metro. Train controllers Yogesh Saini and Sumit Kumar will be at the loco pilot’s cabin to pilot the PM from Palarivattom to Pathadipalam and back. Two…
Nearly 450 children with disabilities, many of whom had never seen a Metro before, got to be the first in Kochi to experience it on Sunday. For 15-year-old Midhun, who has never travelled on a public bus, it’s an unbelievably exciting experience to be riding in his wheelchair on Kochi’s spanking new Metro train. But 12-year-old Arun is so frightened…
KOCHI: : The first 13-km stretch of Kochi Metro, completed in record time and incorporating state-of-the-art communication facilities that none other metros in India possess, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday. Expected to bring considerable relief to the city’s chronic traffic congestion, the Metro is also likely to put the state’s development agenda back on track. In his inaugural speech, Modi…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kochi Metro, Kerala’s first metro line, and took a ride aboard one of its trains on Saturday morning. He inaugurated the first phase of the Kochi metro, which covers 13.2 km of the total planned 25 km PM Modi took a ride on the metro along with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, union minister…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated one of the biggest and most awaited infrastructure projects in the southern state of Kerala. The 13-kilometer-long Kochi Metro, which was built at a cost of Rs5,181 crore will have a total of 22 stations, with 11 stations in the first phase, running from Palarivattom to Aluva. Kochi is the eight Indian city to…
Kochi One is a prepaid smart card. To begin with, it can be used only to travel in metro trains. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Kochi Metro, country’s eighth inter-city metro rail project, a pre-paid card called Kochi One card meant to facilitate cashless travel on the metro and other commercial transactions is also set to be released alongside.…
When I returned to india as a young professional at the French Development Agency few years later, I was very happy to get involved in the development of a metro project. It has been more than ten years since I first set my eyes on Kochi. A young exchange student with Pune University, I recall quickly noting the effortless social…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the long-awaited Kochi metro project along with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu and ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan among other dignitaries. The Kochi metro rail was built at an approximate cost of Rs 5,181 crore, and will span 25 km covering 22 stations. The first phase of metro services, which was completed in a…
Kochi, June 17 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated the first phase of the Kochi Metro to the nation, took a brief ride and hailed its “several significant features”, especially the employment of transgenders and women. “… Futuristic infrastructure that will contribute to India’s growth,” Modi tweeted shortly after the ride with dignitaries, including governor P. Sathasivam, chief minister Pinarayi…
After winning a national record of being the longest metro corridor being completed within a span of four years, Kochi Metro is the ‘first government-owned company in India to formally appoint transgender people’, according to the metro agency’s managing director, Elias George. Here’s a look at the Kochi Metro map: * Length of the line is 25.612 km * Number of stations: 22 * Maximum…