Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the maiden run of the Kochi Metro on Saturday, and will also take a ride on one of the trains in the fastest-built Metro in the country. Arriving in a special aircraft at the Kochi Naval Base, Modi will proceed to Palarivattom station to board the Metro to Pathadipplam and will return to Palarivattom. The Kochi Metro is the first public transport system to reserve jobs for members of the third sex and it will be manned mainly by women from the Kudumbhasree Mission, a self-help group. Some the trangender workers employed by Kochi Metro. Earlier, there was an attempt to inaugurate the project while the Prime Minister was out of the country.

Source: Hindustan Times June 17, 2017 02:37 UTC