Kochi Metro Rail’s 11.2-km-long Phase 2 extension to Infopark will provide a new direction to urban and transport development in the region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, after unveiling its foundation stone online from the CIAL auditorium.
This will cater to, among others, young IT professionals and those employed in allied sectors in Kakkanad. The project is in sync with the Union government according the pride of place to metro-rail systems from city hub to suburbs, across India, he said and drew a contrast between 250 km of metro lines laid in the past 30 years and 500 km of lines commissioned in the past eight years. Work is underway on another 1,000 km of metro systems, he said.
