First ferry may be rolled out in February
With the first of the 78 ferries envisaged for the ₹747-crore Water Metro project set to roll out of the Cochin Shipyard in February and scheduled to operate on the Vyttila-Kakkanad route from March, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has deputed the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) to conduct a comprehensive survey. It aims at zeroing in on a fare structure for ferries in different corridors in the Greater Kochi area.
The online survey has a dozen critical questions to gauge, including how aware people are aware of Water Metro amenities, their commuting pattern, and many other parameters.