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Water Metro is being planned keeping in mind the Tapi Riverfront. The feasibility report of Water Metro will be prepared to make Surat a logistics hub in India.
After Kochi, Surat can become the next city to start Water Metro. Starting from Surat, boats are manufactured by Cochin Shipyard.
Surat Municipal Commissioner Shalini Agarwal, Technical Head of Kochi Water Metro Project was also present in the workshop on transportation in Paris. A team of Kochi Water Metro has prepared to come to Surat for verification.
Technical officers of Surat Municipality will go to Kochi to study Kochi Water Metro. AFD has given verbal consent for technical, financial cooperation.
All the boats of Water Metro used in Kochi are electric.
Kochi
Metro runs above or below the ground. But now the metro has started running in water as well.
The country’s first water metro has started in Kochi, Kerala.
Kochi Water Metro Rs. It has been built at a cost of 1,136 crores. It is connected to 10 islands around Kochi. The special features of the water metro are. 100 crore rupees have been invested by the Kerala government and the rest by the German funding agency KFW. The cost of a water metro is Rs 7 crore. Each metro can carry 50 to 100 passengers. It will run at a speed of eight knots per hour. The water level will remain at the same level even during low tide and high tide.
Battery-operated hybrid boats are used.
The water metro project has 78 electric boats and 38 terminals. It runs at an interval of 15 minutes during peak hours. Kochi is expected to be fully operational by 2035. In which the number of tourists will be 1 lakh 50 thousand per day. It is the largest electric-boat metro transport infrastructure implemented in the world.
Fare
The ticket price is between Rs 20 and Rs 40. The pass can be used to travel on the Water Metro at a cost of up to Rs 10. The same ticket card is valid for both Kochi Metro and Water Metro. A pass of Rs 180 per week can be used for 12 trips. The fare for 30 days with 50 trips is Rs 600. The fare for 150 trips of 90 days is Rs 1500.
One year of Kochi
Kochi Metro has completed one year on 25 April 2024. During this period, 19 lakh 72 thousand 247 people have been transported on five routes. The number of tourists visiting Kochi was more than the number of regular passengers. It has become a model in the field of sustainable water transport.
Kochi Water Metro Limited started its operations with 9 boats and now does business on 5 routes with 14 vessels. There has been a revolution in the water transport sector.
Five more water metro terminals are under construction and services on those routes are expected to start from September-October. (Google translation from Gujarati)
