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A 3D image of KMRL’s Water Metro ferries that are being built at Cochin Shipyard.
Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is in the process of finalising the fare structure of 23 ferries that will be introduced this month as part of the ₹747-crore Water Metro project, with the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K) conducting a comprehensive survey and submitting a report.
The metro agency’s finance wing is reviewing the report, following which the Managing Director will take a call on the fare structure and forward it to the State government for approval. The fare would most likely be similar to that charged by Vega-120, the State Water Transport Department’s partly-AC fast ferry that operated in the Vaikom-Ernakulam-Fort Kochi sector, said official sources.
SWTD withdraws catamaran ferries for alterations
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Fans, grab rails to be installed; steps at entry to be modified
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An eyesore: Even as the SWTD is suspending the operation of the newly launched catamaran ferries, older vessels abandoned by the agency are occupying considerable space at the Ernakulam boat jetty .
Fans, grab rails to be installed; steps at entry to be modified
The pair of catamaran ferries that the State Water Transport Department (SWTD) launched a week ago in the Ernakulam-Fort Kochi sector have been temporarily withdrawn from service to make a few modifications.
They include installation of fans, grab rails and modification of steps at their entry. The decision to install eight fans - four on each side - was taken since the ferries have sliding glass panes, as compared with shutters in the steel ferries that operate on the route. This was found to affect air circulation within the ferries. Many guests complained of
Catamaran ferries make their foray into Kochi
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Vessels to operate on Ernakulam-Vypeen-Fort Kochi-Ernakulam circular route
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Vessels to operate on Ernakulam-Vypeen-Fort Kochi-Ernakulam circular route
The State Water Transport Department’s (SWTD) fleet of seven steel boats in Kochi will be replaced in six months by modern catamaran vessels made of fibre-reinforced plastic, which provide added comfort and safety, the agency’s director, Shaji V. Nair, has said.
Similarly, the demand to dredge the water body near the Mattancherry boat Jetty is being repeatedly taken up with the Irrigation Department so that ferries can safely call at the jetty. The Irrigation Department has said that the work was recently tendered, he added, at a function held at Fort Kochi to launch a pair of catamaran ferries - the first vessels of their kind from the SWTD stable.
Reshuffle stirs hornet’s nest
Bengaluru: A week after seven Legislators were inducted into his Cabinet, Chief Minister
B.S. Yediyurappa allotted portfolios to them after a minor reshuffle of portfolios among his other Cabinet Ministers.
As per the list of portfolios sent to Raj Bhavan which was given assent by Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala this morning, Umesh Katti has got Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, S. Angara has been allotted Fisheries, Ports and Inland Transport, Aravind Limbavali – Forest, Murugesh Nirani – Mines and Geology, MTB Nagaraj – Excise, R. Shankar – Municipal Administration and Sericulture and C.P. Yogeeshwar has been allocated Minor Irrigation portfolio.
December 31, 2020
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Pinning hopes on inland water transport, coastal shipping and tourism, the Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation is eyeing a doubling of its business revenue to ₹100 crore in the next financial year.
Against the targeted turnover of ₹50 crore in the current fiscal, the state-owned entity has clocked ₹20 crore in Q3 despite setbacks to various activities on account of the pandemic.
However, the re-opening of tourism destinations will undoubtedly boost the cruise trips offered by vessels
Nefertiti and
Sagararani to Arabian Sea that would further mop up the revenue, said Prasanth Nair, Managing Director, KSINC.
The company has recorded a profit of nearly ₹1 crore in 2019-20. The focus on tourism activities has started generating income especially with the cruises which is evident from the enthusiastic customer bookings, he said.