India Today quoted sources as saying that the PMO had deliberately omitted Sreedharan's name from the dignitaries who would share the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Kochi Metro train on June 17 for this reason.
Regarding the other metro projects time of completion, Mumbai took 72 months to operate its first 11-km run, while that of Chennai Metro 72 months for the completion of first phase of four km, Jaipur Metro (56 months for 9.02 km), Delhi Metro (50 months for 8.5 km) and Bangalore (50 months for 8.5 km). "The security of the Prime Minister is important", he said.
He will return to Palarivattom in the same train along with the dignitaries before proceeding to the stadium for the inauguration, officials said.
M. Hassan has flayed the Modi government for indulging in "parochial politics" on the Kochi Metro issue and said 90 percent of the work was completed during the previous UDF government's tenure.
His name may have later been added after the Kerala CM wrote to the PMO, reports suggest that the BJP-led NDA is considering E Sreedharan, the top advisor to the Delhi Metro Rail Corp that has constructed the Kochi Metro as the candidate for the presidential seat.
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The new metro service will improve the transportation system of Kochi and help ease the congested routes.
Kudumbasree will provide a vast array of services from customer relations, crowd management, housekeeping and catering services, which once operational, will be the largest crew of women to be employed by any metro.
The metro was also offering bicycles for free at every station for passengers to roam around the city.
KMRL has also included the LGBT community in its operations along with Kudumbashree, thus becoming the first organization to appoint transgenders as per the state government's transgender policy.
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