A number of migrant workers on the soon-to-be-inaugurated Kochi Metro have been an integral part of the project, and ensured that it has released on time by not strike.

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The workers, who come from Assam, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh were treated to a traditional Kerala sadya organised by the Kochi Metro Rail Corporation at a hall near the city’s MG Road. As reported first in The Hindu, the workers shared their experience of working in Kochi, vis-à-vis the rest of the country. They said that despite being paid Rs 400 to Rs 500 per day for a 12-hour shift, they had a lovely time. During the four-year-period, none of the workers went on strike, ensuring that the metro work ended on time.

In the first 25-km phase, trains will run for 13 km between Palarivattom and Aluva. Work is on the remaining section. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday travel on a Kochi Metro train when he inaugurates Kerala's first metro, it was announced on Wednesday.

Work on Kochi Metro began in 2012 after the Chandy government entrusted the project to Delhi Metro Rail Corp, with its principal advisor Sreedharan overseeing it.