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more-inEven as June 2019 has been fixed as the deadline to commission the Kochi metro’s Maharaja’s College Ground-Thykoodam stretch, the progress of work has slowed down at numerous sites due to shortage of workers, it is learnt. Mohammed Hanish inspected the metro’s Maharaja’s College Ground-Petta and Palarivattom-Kakkanad stretches on Friday to evaluate the progress of the ongoing civil work. Now, they are citing shortage of migrant labourers from West Bengal due to the impending local body polls. A complaint was already rife that a couple of firms engaged in civil work were not keeping up with schedule. “The work from Maharaja’s Ground station is on schedule and is progressing satisfactorily..