The Water Metro project costs Rs 1,136.83 crore and is being funded by Government of Kerala and German bank KfW.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on April 25, will inaugurate the Kochi Water Metro project, which is India's first Water Metro service.
In the first phase the metro will run on a specific route and eventually it will connect over 10 islands around the port city of Kochi.
The urban mass transit system claims to provide the same experience as that of other conventional metro systems.
The metro project will start with eight electric hybrid boats and eventually comprise 78 electric boats and 38 terminals.
The Water Metro will connect 10 islands, in and around the port city of Kochi. In the first phase, the water metro service will begin from the High Court-Vypin terminals and Vyttila-Kakkanad terminals.
The Kochi Water Metro boats are Electric-hybrid boats manufactured by Cochin Shipyard Limited. These boats are powered by Lithium Titanate Spinel batteries.
The boats will have air-conditioners onboard with wide windows to offer an exotic view of the backwaters. The specialty of the boats is that the floating pontoons will stay at the same level during descending times.
The minimum ticket fare for a boat journey is Rs 20. Travellers can use the “Kochi 1” Card to travel in both Kochi Metro Rail and Kochi Water Metro.