Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi will flag off the maiden run of the
Kochi Metro on Saturday (17.06.2017), and will also take a ride on one of the trains in the
fastest-built Metro in the country.
The Prime Minister is expected to share the dais with the
Metro’s main architect E Sreedharan, whose name is doing the rounds as a
possible nominee for India’s next President.
Arriving in a special aircraft at the Kochi Naval Base,Shri Modi
will proceed to Palarivattom station to board the Metro to Pathadipplam and
will return to Palarivattom. Then he will proceed to Kaloor international
stadium, the venue of the inaugural ceremony.
The Kochi Metro is the first public transport system to reserve
jobs for members of the third sex and it will be manned mainly by women from
the Kudumbhasree Mission, a self-help group. Among 30-odd Metro drivers, seven
are women.
In the first phase,
trains will operate for a distance of 13 km - Aluva to Palarivattom. There are
11 stations in the 13-km stretch that will be covered in 20 minutes. Later, it
will be extended to Maharajas College.
Kochi Metro will start its public operations from
6am on Monday. The trains will begin its journey from Aluva and Palarivattom
stations simultaneously and will finish the day's ride at 10pm in Aluva. The
district collector has declared a holiday on Saturday for all educational
institutions and professional colleges.
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