E Sreedharan to be the principal advisor to Kochi Metro Rail Project

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Clearing uncertainty over his role in Kochi Metro Rail Project, former DMRC chief E Sreedharan today said he has been appointed as the principal advisor of the project.

"Since I have retired from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), I have been made principal advisor for executing the 27-km-long Kochi metro rail project from Aluwya to Petta in Poonithura," Sreedharan told a joint press conference with Kerala Transport Minister Aryadan Muhammed here.

The plan is to complete the work in three years, he said. Muhammed said the Kerala government was of the firm view that DMRC should execute the project under the leadership of Sreedharan and it had handed over the Rs 5,000-crore project to DMRC, he said.

The KMRC Director Board would be reconstituted with five representatives each from the Centre and state. Chairman of the reconstituted KMRC would be the nominee of the Centre and the managing director would be that of the state, he said.