The commercial operations of the water metro service, has been receiving an overwhelming response since then with an increasing ridership each day.
While there was a footfall of 8,415 on Saturday, the Water Metro service ferried over 10,000 on Sunday as per initial reports,” a Kochi Water Metro Ltd (KWML) official told.
To ensure last mile connectivity, feeder buses and autorickshaws have been arranged from Kakkanad Water Metro Terminal to Infopark.
The flagship water metro project set up at a cost of Rs 1,136.83 crore in the port city, will connect 10 islands using 78 electric boats and 38 terminals.