Kochi Metro to run on Dec 31: Chandy

The Kerala Government has full faith in´Metro Man´ E Sreedharan, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said after some legislators expressed doubt over Metro projects in the capital and in Kozhikode. Sreedharan is working on the Kochi Metro and as per plans, the first train is expected to run on December 31 this year. ´If he (Sreedharan) has been hurt in any manner, I express my apologies,´ Chandy said. During a recent meeting, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator V Sivankutty asked a few questions on the proposed light Metro project, but walked out of the meeting without waiting for Sreedharan´s answers. ´After the cabinet meeting, there was a high-level meeting and it was decided to give the nod for land acquisition in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode for a rapid transport system,´ Chandy said.