Kochi Water Metro Project Gets First-Ever Electric Boat

Highlights:

• The Kochi Metro Rail Limited received the first battery-powered electric boat manufactured for the Kochi Water Metro Project in Kerala.
• The fully air-conditioned boat is one of 23 being manufactured for the 747-crore Kochi Water Metro project by the Cochin Shipyard.

• The Kochi Water Metro system would include 78 ships that will connect 38 ports over 76 route kilometers.
• The 100-passenger water metro boat is powered by batteries.
• The battery can be charged in 10 to 15 minutes while the passengers are boarding.
• According to KMRL, this is the first time a centrally managed integrated water transportation system with a large fleet has been powered by a battery.
• The Kochi Metro Rail Limited has built  23 battery-powered electric boats for the water metro project.
• The first boat was handed over to the KMRL in the presence of its MD Loknath Behra and his wife Madhumita Behra at a ceremony held at the shipyard here.
• The boat was given the name Muziris by Madhmita Behra.