KOCHI: While the central government’s move to include Kollam and Edakochi to its list of probable locations that can host water metro services opens avenues to further tap the state’s inland water facilities, the Kochi Water Metro Ltd plan to suggest Alappuzha’s name could see Kerala becoming an even greater beneficiary of the transportation system. The Union government has directed …
Cochin Shipyard Limited has handed over the 15th Water Metro ferry it built to Kochi Water Metro Limited at a function held here on Saturday. At present KWML operates ferries linking 10 terminals — Vyttila, Kakkanad, High Court, Bolgatty, Vypeen, Fort Kochi, South Chittoor, Eloor, Cheranalloor and North Mulavukad. The terminals at Willingdon Island and Kumbalam were expected to be …
The Ernakulam District Tourism Promotion Council has sought Kerala Tourism’s permission to sell its AC bus that was mostly idling since the pandemic, citing ‘unaffordable’ cost of maintenance. It was idling at Durbar Hall Ground in the city hub since 2021, since tourism stakeholders were on different pages on the mode of operating the bus. Back in October 2023, the …
Kochi: The Kochi Water Metro, which was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, began its commercial operation on Wednesday. Loknath Behera, MD of Kochi Water Metro Limited took the first boat service with Vypin islanders from the Vypin water metro terminal. The Director of Finance, Kochi Metro Rail Limited Annapoorani S said that initially 76 kilometres will be covered …
