The honourable PM Modi inaugurated Kochi Metro at Palarivattom station and he was the first to take a ride on Metro along with Governor P Sathasivam, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.
'Metro man' E Sreedharan, Urban Development Secretary Rajiv Gouba, Kerala Chief Secretary Nalini Netto and KMRL MD Elias George also travelled the first journey with Prime Minister during the inaugration of Kochi Metro from Palarivattom to Pathadippalam.
Prime Minister Narendra on Saturday said the Kochi Metro coaches which was inugrated on Saturday reflected the 'Make in India vision', which have been built by French multinational company Alstom and was built with 70 percent Indian component.After the addressing, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan gifted a momentum of a hand carved wooden model of Kochi Metro car to PM Modi.
The Union government has so far contributed over Rs 2,000 crore for the Metro project, said PM Modi.This Kochi metro is actually a 50-50 joint venture of the Central and Kerala governments
