Kochi Metro traffic disrupted as passenger jumps on track
Kochi: Kochi Metro services were disrupted for half an hour after a passenger jumped on the tracks on Tuesday.
The Metro services were disrupted after a passenger jumped on the tracks at Palarivattom station. The metro services resumed after half an hour.
Malappuram native Ali Akbar, who jumped on the tracks at Palarivattom station, started walking towards the Changampuzha Park side. The authorities soon disconnected the power supply to the tracks. The man is being questioned by the police.
Kochi Metro is a metro system serving the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. It was opened to the public within four years of starting the construction, making it the fastest completed metro project in India until the Lucknow Metro overtook it. The Kochi metro project is the first metro in the country which connects rail, road and water transport facilities.
Kochi metro was lauded for its decision to employ Kudumbashree workers and also members from the transgender community. Kochi metro is also involved in sustainable initiatives with the introduction of non motorized transport corridors in the city, installation of solar panels for power and vertical garden on every sixth metro pillar. Apart from the regular tickets, it has also adopted a single card, single timetable and a singular command and control. This debit card along with the Kochi One Mobile App will allow passengers to access all modes of public transportation as well as be utilized for mercantile and internet transactions and will introduce the ‘click and collect’ feature in the near future where goods ordered online can be collected in the metro stations. Every Kochi Metro station is designed on a specific theme around Kerala culture and geography.
