CHUGGING ON

Kochi Metro JV with Central Government Project cost: ~5,181.79 crore From Centre: ~2,000 crore First phase project time: 45 months First phase: 13.26 km and 11 stations, from Aluva to Palarivottam Coaches by: Alstom of France First metro to employ trangenders A quarter of power requirement in stations would come from solar Has vertical garden Uses compost generated from municipal waste Second phase work begins this year, it will be 11.7 km with 12 stations Bangalore Metro | Project initiated in 2005 | Work began in 2007 | Initial project cost: ~11,600 crore,

Updated cost: ~14,200 crore | Coaches by: BEML | Firstphase: 42.3 km | 8 km underground network | Lines opened partially from 2014 | The first phase network opened on Saturday | A third of its locopilots are women | Second phase to cover 72.1 km has already

begun, expected to be completed by 2020 | State cabinet has approved a third phase

with a combined 102 km