Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority gasps for breath
The Hindu
The Authority has no full-time CEO and required staff have not been appointed
The Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority (KMTA) that was commissioned in November 2020 as an autonomous agency which would revolutionalise commuting in the Greater Kochi area, is gasping for breath. The promising body that was readied on the lines of Transport for London (TFL) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore, is the sole MTA in India with full-fledged legislative backing.More Related News
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