Will request PM to inaugurate work on Kochi Metro: Chandy

"It is our wish that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurate work on Kochi Metro and we will request him to do so," he told reporters after a cabinet meeting here.

Chandy said a meeting of Kochi Metro would be held on July 10 to discuss the other formalities to implement the project in the wake of clearance given by the Centre.

He said E Sreedharan, chairman of Delhi Metro Development Corporation, the implementing agency, would attend the meeting.

Chandy said the government did not forsee any problem on land acquisition and added that the compensation package for those displaced would be decided by the state.

He said the cabinet had also approved the skill development project, which would have additional skill acquisition programme and skill enhancement programme for youths. The project, announced in this year's budget, would be implemented in cooperation with education and labour departments, he said.

The cabinet also decided to hike the wages of guest teachers of government engineering colleges, he said.