First Water Metro boat of Kochi Metro launched, built by Cochin Shipyard Limited
Kochi: Kochi's First Water Metro boat launched Today and floating in the water at Cochin Shipyard. Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS, Managing Director, KMRL, and Shri Madhu S Nair, Chairman and Managing Director, CSL attended the launching ceremony. CSL is building 23 boats for Kochi Metro.
About Kochi Water Metro
Kochi Water Metro is an integrated ferry transport project in the Greater Kochi region proposed by Kochi Metro Rail Limited. It serves as a feeder service to suburbs along with rivers where transport accessibility is limited. The project obtained the final environment clearance in Oct 2019 and its first phase completed in 2021.
On 15 February 2021 Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated its first route between Vytilla and InfoPark constructed under Phase I of the project. The entire water transport project will be fully operationalised by 2022. In Phase II, it is proposed to operate 9 routes with a total of 16 routes and a fleet requirement of 78 boats.
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