For nearly two weeks, commuters passing through Kochi kept looking up at the same strange sight - a lone cat sitting high above the ground on a metro pillar, refusing or perhaps unable to come down. And slowly, the animal became a local concern.
The cat had somehow ended up on a narrow ledge along the Kochi Metro Rail Limited corridor near the Kaloor Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium stretch. About 50 feet in the air, it stayed there day after day. People clicked photos, recorded videos, and shared them online, hoping someone would notice and help before the situation turned tragic.
