A bird’s eye view of a deluged corridor, from a metro train

Kochi | Saturday | 18th August, 2018

Summary:

Three wheelchairs and another three stretchers at the station are almost always in use,” said Sanoj Prasad, a security guard at the metro station. more-inA massive trail of destruction lies hidden beneath the seemingly placid waters that have flooded both sides of the Kochi metro corridor between Edappally and Aluva. Luckily, metro trains have recharging facility. On trains taking over 90 minutes in the 18-km metro corridor, sources said it was due to shortage of power since supply to submerged power lines has been disconnected. All along the route, people had brought food packets and bottled water to be transported in the metro to flood-hit areas..