Anticipating the addition of three extra boats to the fleet within the coming months, efforts are beneath approach to lengthen Water Metro ferry providers to the Excessive Court docket-Kadamakudy route, a hall with immense tourism potential.

There was constant demand to function electric-hybrid ferries on the route, given the growing variety of guests to Kadamakudy for tourism and actions akin to kayaking, official sources mentioned.

“Whereas a ferry terminal was constructed on the location earlier this 12 months, work on readying floating pontoons and infrastructure to recharge the ferries is progressing. As well as, the world across the terminal must be dredged. The remaining three ferries, out of the overall 23 ordered by Kochi Water Metro Restricted from Cochin Shipyard, will possibly be deployed on the route,” mentioned Sajan John, Chief Working Officer (COO), Kochi Water Metro Restricted (KWML).