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The boat will be shifted to Varanasi after several rounds of detailed operational test rides in Kochi.
Facing tough competition from the widening road network and water metro services in Kochi, the SWTD has embarked on an image makeover in tune with the changing times.
It is claimed that the ill-fated recreational vessel at Tanur that resulted in 22 deaths did not have adequate number of life-saving equipment.
NHAI calls the West Coast Canal just a proposal, refuses to demolish the 66-year-old two-lane bridge. The old bridge is only 0.8m above the high flood line; the required height above the state waterway is 4m.
Once completed, the inland waterway will provide a cost-effective and environment-friendly mode of transport, connecting Thiruvananthapuram in the south with Kasaragod in the north.
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