Kochi Metro's Sunday Special Ride

The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd offered a free ride to students of special schools, elders from old-age homes and inhabitants of orphanages in and around Kochi on Sunday morning. 

Passengers wait for the Metro train in Kochi. (Albin Mathew | EPS)

A differently-abled youth overjoyed at the sight of an overhead monitor installed to display the station information on the Metro in Kochi on Sunday. (Albin Mathew | EPS)

A girl helps fit in the passengers on board the Metro Kochi on its first ride on Sunday in Kochi. (Albin Mathew | EPS)

Metro staff help disembark a differently-abled youth from the Metro in Kochi. (Albin Mathew | EPS)

Giving them company was Health Minister K K Shailaja who was accompanied by Social Department Director TV Anupama. (Albin Mathew | EPS)

The children were welcomed on board the Kochi Metro Rail with balloons, flags and festoons, and not surprisingly, a festive atmosphere filled the metro coaches on Sunday. (Albin Mathew | EPS)

In the afternoon, the KMRL also gave the workers, who were involved in the construction of the metro rail day and night, a free ride. (Albin Mathew | EPS)

Students from government-run institutions within Kochi Corporation, Aluva Municipality, Kalamassery Municipality and Choornikkara Panchayat were selected for the first ride. (Albin Mathew | EPS)