Kochi Metro Rail a step closer
Wednesday 1 July 2009

The State's Planning Commission has given approval to the ambitious Kochi Metro Rail project therby taking it a step ahead. However the project has many more stages to go through for its final implementation including the land acquisition and funding etc.

The 25.253km Metro Rail project from Aluva to Tripunithura when operational is expected to bring down the traffic congestion in the City significantly, especially during the busy hours.

The project put forward by by the State govt has also the support of the Center which has given it focus by putting it under the Union Urban Development Ministry's 100-day programme.
--MP