Govt. fixes ₹20 as minimum fare for Water Metro ferries
The Hindu
Experts, NGOs demand that the fares be kept reasonable
The State government has announced ₹20 as the minimum fare for the 78 ferries that will be introduced in the Greater Kochi area under the Water Metro project. It will be for a distance of up to 3 km. Commuters will have to pay ₹4 per head for every additional kilometre. The maximum fare on any route will be ₹40. It will be valid for a year since the modern air-conditioned ferries of the ₹747-crore project begin operation, first on the Vyttila-Kakkanad route. In addition, Kochi Water Metro Limited (KMWL) has been tasked with constituting a fare-fixing committee to revise the fare structure in keeping with market conditions, said a government release.
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