Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel in the Kochi metro corridor from Palarivattom to Pathadipalam and back, prior to inaugurating the system of mass rapid transport at the international stadium at Kaloor this Saturday.
The inauguration has been fixed for 11 a.m. by the Prime Minister’s Office. The other dignitaries include Union Urban Development Minister Venkiah Naidu and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
There is mounting concern at delay by the PWD and Kochi Corporation in repairing potholed arterial roads in the city, despite the impending VVIP visit. This has been attributed to the agencies not carrying out pre-monsoon maintenance works during the summer.
In the meantime, Mayor Soumini Jain and a team of corporators travelled by the metro on Monday. Safe and hassle-free commuting was Kochi metro’s trademark, Jain said.
With this, the Greater Kochi area is expected to shift to an efficient mode of commuting.
In another development, Medical Trust Hospital has been selected as the medical partner for the Kochi metro for a period of three years.
The KMRL had floated an Expression of Interest for selecting a medical partner, following which the hospital responded. Medical Trust would deploy ICU ambulance facility every 5 km to cater to any emergency along the metro corridor.
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