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Kochi becomes India’s First City with Water Metro Project

Category : State
Published on: January 12 2022 Share on facebook

  • Kochi has become the first city with a water metro project as it launches the first in a series of battery-powered electric boats in the city.
  • The new project by the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd will likely have an integrated water transport system with 15 identified routes.
  • It will connect 10 islands along a network of routes that span 76 km with a fleet of 78 fast, electrically propelled hybrid ferries plying to 38 jetties.
  • This project has a total cost of Rs 819 crore. It uses LTO batteries, which is the latest in battery technology with a capability for fast charging.
  • it is the first time in the world a centrally controlled integrated water transport system with a large fleet is powered by a battery.
  • Kochi Metro Rail plans to operate 23 boats — each having a capacity to carry 100 passengers — this year on 15 routes. The headways would vary between 10 to 20 minutes across various routes at peak hours.
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