KOCHI METRO LIFE
A monthly newsletter from Kochi Metro Rail Ltd
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KMRL Metro Vihar Inaugurated
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Keys of 112 apartments at the Metro Vihar - KMRLs new staff quarters - were handed over to KMRL employees at a function held on 11 November 2019 at the Kochi Metro Muttom Depot. The keys were handed over by Shri. Tom Jose IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala, in the presence of Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS, Managing Director KMRL and a host of dignitaries including senior KMRL officials.
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McDonald’s Opens Outlet
At Aluva Metro Station
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Metro riders can now
grab a quick bite on the
go. McDonald’s is now
open on the ground
floor of the Aluva Metro
Station. The outlet was
inaugurated by
Shri D.K. Sinha, Director
- Systems, KMRL on 12
November 2019, in the
presence of McDonald’s
and KMRL officials.
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Canal Rejuvenation Project Agreement Signed
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KMRL signed the agreement for the proposed Canal Rejuvenation Project with the consortium comprising Dutch agency Antea Nederland BV, Netherlands and Unihorn on 19 November 2019.
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Load Test
Carried Out
Successfully
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The initial pile load test on
the new stretch from Petta
to SN Junction was carried
out successfully on 21
November 2019. This is the
first major work to be
directly executed by KMRL
on the stretch.
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Awards and cash prizes for winners of ATMA short film contest, which was conducted as a part of Mahatma Gandhi's 150 birth anniversary, were given away by Shri. Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS, MD – KMRL at a function on 25 November 2019, in the presence of Shri. Srikanth Murali, Film Director, and Shri. Thiruman Archunan, Director - Projects.
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MD’s Column
Kochi’s lifeline is its waterways.
However, the fact is that only
20% of the waterways in the
city are being utilised for
navigation and transport. The
rest 80% have been, across
time, reduced to drains. Kochi
Metro Rail Limited, with its
Canal Rejuvenation Project,
aims to restore and rejuvenate
the canals in the city that were
once used for navigation and
create an extensive and
efficient waterway network for
Kochiites. This will also help
solve the growing concerns
over waterlogging during rains,
the primary reason for which is
poorly maintained and
blocked canals that serve
as rainwater drains.
KMRL has signed an agreement
with an international
consortium comprising Antea
Nederland BV, Netherlands and
Unihorn for carrying out the
Kochi Canal Rejuvenation
Project. The LoA (letter of
agreement) for the same was
signed after the consortium
emerged the lowest bidder for
executing the project
end-to-end.
The Antea Nederland BV -
Unihorn Consortium won the
project after emerging the
lowest bidder for providing full
spectrum services including planning, designing, execution and supervision of
the Integrated Urban Regeneration and Water
Transport System Project (IURWTS). The LoA (letter
of acceptance) for the same was signed on 31
October 2019.
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The Consortium will prepare a comprehensive
project report by March 2020 based on evaluation
of the existing detailed project report (DPR). The
work project will commence in September 2020.
With the completion of this project, Kochi will have
a waterway network of world-class standards, akin
to cities like Venice, London and Amsterdam. The
project will also improve Kochi’s inter-city
connectivity by making the canals navigable and
double as feeder service to existing public
transport systems.
KMRL is committed to making commuting in Kochi
easy, and we’ll make sure we do our best to make
it possible.
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