You might wonder why Kochi Metro should be acquiring 78 boats this year. No, it is not expecting waterlogging in the stations. Instead, it is planning to provide commuters last-mile connectivity to their homes in islands around the city.
By doing so, officials of the company expect ridership to go up 5-10 per cent. And, it will reverse the declining trend in the number of people taking public transport in a city whose population is 2.5 million. In Hyderabad, where the Metro is being built on public private-partnership (PPP), the travel time on the operational 29-km ...
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First Published: Wed, January 10 2018. 01:11 IST
