The piling for Kochi Metro’s 11.20 km Kakkanad extension will begin this month, and every effort will be made to complete a bulk of the civil, electrical and rail-laying works by March 2025. A unique construction sequence, whereby there would be a deviation from established practices, would be adopted to complete the viaduct within time frame. Electronics and IT-related work would take a few more months.
A team of young engineers has readied their conceptual designs, which look different from that of the 24 stations on the Aluva-Thripunithura SN Junction stretch (Metro Phase-1). There will also be state-of-the-art signages like in London Metro.
