Delay in land acquisition, Kochi metro extension to figure in board meet.

Surmounting obstacles for Kochi Metro's land acquisition and speeding up paper work to get the Central government's approval for its Tripunithura extension will be among the key points that will be discussed at the Kochi Metro Rail Limited's (KMRL) director board meeting scheduled to be held on May 2.

The tardy pace of land acquisition, despite the government fixing the market rate as compensation for 40 hectares of land required for the 25-km-long viaduct and 21 metro stations en route, had invited much flak. Procedures for acquiring land for metro village at Muttom and commercial development of land at Kakkanad, too are not yet over.

Hindu