- Kerala’s 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 project envisages an integrated water transport system with 15 identified routes.
- Operated by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd, the project envisages an integrated water transport system with the development of 15 identified routes, connecting 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.
- The project intended to introduce modern, energy-efficient, environment-friendly and safe boats with low wake and draft characteristics at a high frequency to increase ridership.
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