Part of measures being taken to prevent flooding in city hub Twenty-eight railway culverts on the Chittoor-Thevara stretch are being unclogged and cleaned by workers deployed by the Kochi Corporation, as part of measures being taken to prevent flooding in the city hub during the monsoon season.
All efforts were being made to avert flooding in the city, including unclogging of culverts along the railway corridor, taking into account low-lying areas getting inundated in the recent spate of rainfall, said Sunitha Dixon, chairperson of the works standing committee.
The Railway, which used to clean the culverts annually once, gave its no-objection certificate to the Kochi Corporation and also deputed a supervisor from its civil engineering wing to help speed up the cleaning process.
Track laying begins; Kochi metro’s Thripunithura railway station extension by June 2022
The Pettah-S.N. Junction stretch of the Kochi metro will be commissioned in March 2022, as per revised schedule, with Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) completing 72% of work in the 1.70-km corridor. KMRL had earlier fixed December 2021 as the deadline for commissioning the stretch.
Subsequently, laying of tracks on a 500-metre stretch has begun, to be followed by another 500 metres in a week. Track-laying in the final lap atop the viaduct at the Pettah overbridge and Vadakkekotta will begin in June, sources in the metro agency said.
As many as 57 of the 61 pier caps and 208 of the 276 I-girders have already been launched. Similarly, 75% of deck slabs have been installed. Around 900 metres of viaduct have been completed with parapet erection and handed over for track work. Unlike during last year’s lockdown when the metro work suffered after a bulk of the workforce left for their home Stat
Decision on recovering cost from flyover builder soon
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The Palarivattom structure constructed by RDS Projects had to be pulled down following cracks
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The Palarivattom structure constructed by RDS Projects had to be pulled down following cracks
The State government is soon expected to take a call on recovering the cost of rebuilding the pier caps, girders, and slabs of the Palarivattom flyover from RDS Projects, which had constructed the structure that had to be pulled down following cracks.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which entrusted the Kozhikode-based ULCCS with the reconstruction work, had, in addition, strengthened the pillars of the structure by concrete wrapping.
Kochi metro timings revised
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The timetable to operate Kochi metro trains has been temporarily revised, in view of the fall in ridership during the past one week owing to the pandemic situation and subsequent restrictions.
Thus, trains will operate from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the frequency of a train every 10 minutes during peak hours and at 14-minute frequency during non-peak hours, during weekdays (Monday to Friday). On Saturday and Sunday, the trains will operate from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. every 15 minutes, during both peak and non-peak hours, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) informed.
KMRL probing ways to increase metro footfall
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Agency mulls restructuring of fares, discounted parking charges for regular passengers
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Agency mulls restructuring of fares, discounted parking charges for regular passengers
Faced with daily loss skyrocketing to approximately ₹1 crore, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is probing ways to attain operational break even, including by offering fare reduction to regular commuters and others in a bid to woo them to use the system of mass rapid transport.
The metro agency is considering a few short and long-term proposals in this regard, including restructuring of fares, aimed at wooing commuters to Kochi metro once the resurgent pandemic subsides. Its director board has to vet and ratify the proposals and suggestions from various quarters. A decision is awaited after the Assembly poll results are announced, informed sources said.