Kochi: For all those who came enthusiastically to be Kochi Metro’s first commuters, Malayala Manorama doubled their excitement by presenting them with environment-friendly gift bags.
The bags were given to the first 1,000 commuters who boarded the train in the morning from both the ends, Palarivattom and Aluva. The bag contained a memento certifying the person to be one of the first travelers of the Kochi Metro, a purse, a copy of Manorama newspaper and its different publications.
Malayala Manorama, in association with the Chungathu Jewellery, conducted music programs from morning to evening at the Palarivattom and Aluva stations.

People queued up outside Palarivattom station to enjoy their first metro ride. Photo: EV Sreekumar.