Case Study On Kochi Metro Rail

Project
Module 1 – Managing People, stakeholders and
Professional Practice Assignment
By – Mohammed Quinaan Zaidee
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Table of Contents

1. Project Features 4

2. Project Advantages 5

3. List of Stakeholders 6

4. Mapping & Analyzing Project Stakeholders 7

5. Completion 9

6. References 10

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Pic of Kochi Metro Rail

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Routes of Kochi Metro Rail

1. Project Features

 About The Project

- The Kochi Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kochi in Kerala, India.
- It was opened to the public within four years of starting construction, making it the fastest
completed metro project in India until the Lucknow Metro overtook it.
- The Kochi metro project is the first metro in the country which connects rail, road and
water transport facilities.
- The first phase is being set up at an estimated cost of ₹51.81 billion (US$750 million).
On October 2017, Kochi Metro was named the Best Urban Mobility Project in India by
the Urban Development Ministry, as part of the Urban Mobility India (UMI) international
conference hosted by the ministry every year.
- The 25.65km metro line will run from Aluva to Petta and will include 22 stations.
- The Kochi Metro Rail Project is also known as Komet or K-3C.
- The $950m project will be operated by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. (KMRL), a joint venture
between the Central and State governments of India.

 Need for Metro Rail in Kochi

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- Ministry of Urban Development predicts an average city speed of 6 to 8 kmph by 2030,

which is the speed of a morning walker, if urban transport is not properly planned and
developed now.
- The present transport facilities are inadequate to handle every day demands.
- Gridlocks and congestion are routine now; they result in wastage of manpower, fossil
fuels, increase pollution and act as dampeners to economic development.
- The traffic snarls force people to spend time on the road which they would otherwise
spend with their friends and families.
- Further road development is very limited owing to geographical and demographical
limitations.
- Therefore alternate modes of urban mass transport and multi modal integration have to be
planned.
- The Kochi Metro Rail Project is the first move in such a direction in Kerala.
- Accessing jobs, education, livelihoods and other social needs from the outskirts into the
business centre of the city would become less time consuming and quality of life will
increase for the urban population.
- The average citizen would get a reliable, safe, economic, comfortable, user friendly and
punctual mode of transport at affordable rates.

2. Project Advantages
- Requires 1/5th energy per passenger km compared to road-based system.
- Causes no air pollution in the city.
- Causes lesser noise level.
- Occupies no road space if underground and only about 2 meters width of the road if elevated.
- Carries same amount of traffic as 5 lanes of bus traffic or 12 lanes of private motor cars (either
way), if it is a light capacity system.
- Is more reliable, comfortable and safer than road based system.
- Reduces journey time by anything between 50% and 75% depending on road conditions.
- Heavy traffic congestion has necessitated the development of a metro rail system in Kochi, where
buses were the major public transportation system in Kochi.
- It also reduces pollution and noise levels, as well as congestion on city roads.
- The project created employment opportunities for the local people.

 Technical Features

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3. List Of Stakeholders
Sl No STAKEHOLDER
1 KMRC
2 DMRC
3 GCDA
4 CORPORATION
5 MUNICIPALITY 1
6 MUNICIPALITY 2
7 MUNICIPALITY 3
8 MUNICIPALITY 4
9 MUNICIPALITY 5

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10 MUNICIPALITY 6
11 L&T
12 SOMA
13 E&R
14 VINDHYA
15 REDSTAR
16 ARDANUY
17 ALSTROM
18 CENTRAL GOVT
19 STATE GOVT
20 CM KERALA
21 JICA
22 AFD
23 MEDIA
24 RESIDENTS

4. Mapping & Analyzing Stakeholder

 Power-Interest Mapping

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 Engagement Assessment Matrix

Engagement Assessment Matrix

Stakeholder Unaware Resistant Neutral Supportive Leading
Residents C D
Media C D
Corporation C D

 Engagement Assessment Matrix

Sl No STAKEHOLDER INTREST POWER

1 KMRC 5 5

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2 DMRC 4 4
3 GCDA 1.5 3
4 CORPORATION 3 2
5 MUNICIPALITY 1 4 2
6 MUNICIPALITY 2 4 2
7 MUNICIPALITY 3 4 2
8 MUNICIPALITY 4 4 2
9 MUNICIPALITY 5 4 2
10 MUNICIPALITY 6 4 2
11 L&T 4 3
12 SOMA 3 3
13 E&R 3 3
14 VINDHYA 2 3
15 REDSTAR 2 3
16 ARDANUY 2 4
17 ALSTROM 2 4
18 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 3 4
19 STATE GOVERNMENT 3 4.5
20 C M of KERALA 4 4
21 JICA 3.5 3
22 AFD 3.5 3
23 MEDIA 2 2
24 RESIDENTS 1 2
5. Completion

- Since peoples are unaware of benefits that they going to get, it is State government and
municipalities responsibilities to create awareness among the peoples by advertisement
and promotions.

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- State government’s needs to understand the concerns of peoples and change the project
scopes and designs if possible to mitigate the concerns.
- Some media publications projecting wrong picture of project, hence it is state
government responsibilities to communicate with media on routine basis.
- Present the facts and statistics and try to build trust so that media will be move to
desired level of engagement.
- Municipal corporations are neutral and not actively participating in project. Its
government official’s responsibilities to plan the activities with corporation officials and
closely monitor the project with better co-ordinations.

6. References

- Kochi Metro rail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi_Metro

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- Kochi metro Stakeholder analysis: https://www.slideshare.net/abinrjky/kochi-metro-

stakeholder-analysis.

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