# Kalamassery Archive: Events, Projects and Changes since 2016

> This is the front page of our Kalamassery archive: one short, sourced paragraph for each year from 2016 to 2026, then links to every history page we have written, grouped by theme. Everything here is written as of October 2026 and looks back; for practical guides to living in the area today, use our other hubs.

- URL: https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-history-archive/
- Publisher: Ashraf Gents Hostel, Ashraf house, NAD Rd, signal, Kalamassery, Aluva, Kerala 683563, India (+91 90746 23855)
- Published: 2026-10-08 · Updated: 2026-10-08
- Topic: Start here
- Cite as: Ashraf Gents Hostel. “Kalamassery Archive: Events, Projects and Changes since 2016.” Published 8 October 2026. https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-history-archive/

## Key facts

- Kochi Metro’s first section, including Kalamassery station, was inaugurated on 17 June 2017 and opened to the public on 19 June 2017, according to Wikipedia.
- The Adani Group acquired Blue Star Realtors, owner of 70 acres of former HMT land at Kalamassery, in December 2018, Deccan Chronicle reported.
- In 2023 Kalamassery saw IED blasts at the Zamra convention centre on 29 October and a fatal crush at CUSAT on 25 November.
- Adani’s logistics park on the former HMT land broke ground on 23 August 2025.
- The Cochin Cancer Research Centre’s new building at the Medical College was inaugurated on 9 February 2026.

## How to use this archive

Each page in the archive follows the same rules. Dated claims are tied to a named source — an official site, a newspaper such as The Hindu or Onmanorama, a court record or, with care, Wikipedia. Where sources disagree we say so and give both figures. Where we could not verify something, we left it out rather than guess. Elections are reported as results only. Pages about tragedies avoid graphic detail and focus on what happened, what inquiries found and what changed.

Most pages include a timeline table with three columns: date, what happened and source. Future dates for projects such as the Pink Line or the HMT–NAD road link are labelled as targets, because several have already slipped. For a sense of how this archive was researched, read [how we built the Kalamassery archive](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/how-we-built-the-kalamassery-archive/).

## Kalamassery year by year, 2016–2026

### 2016

The Cochin Cancer Research Centre was established as an autonomous institution under the Health Department, working at first from the Medical College pay-ward building ([CCRC timeline](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/ccrc-building-timeline/)). In the Supreme Court, a status-quo order was passed on HMT’s remaining Kalamassery land, the order that would later hold up the Judicial City. In the assembly election V. K. Ebrahimkunju (IUML) won Kalamassery by 12,118 votes, according to Wikipedia.

### 2017

Kochi Metro arrived. The Aluva–Palarivattom section, with Muttom, Kalamassery and Cochin University stations, was inaugurated on 17 June and opened to passengers on 19 June; the Kochi1 card launched with it. A month earlier, on 17 May, the State Cabinet had approved the metro’s second phase to Kakkanad ([2017 opening](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-metro-reaches-kalamassery-2017/)). Cyclone Ockhi struck at the end of the year ([Ockhi page](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/cyclone-ockhi-and-kochi-2017/)).

### 2018

The August floods hit Eloor, Aluva and the Periyar banks hardest ([2018 floods](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/floods-2018-eloor-aluva-kalamassery/)). In December the Adani Group bought HDIL’s Blue Star Realtors and with it the 70 acres of former HMT land that had sat idle since a planned Cyber City stalled ([land history](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/adani-logistics-park-land-history/)). The metro’s first full year brought about 1.25 crore passengers, according to Wikipedia.

### 2019

On 13 January the Chief Minister opened Kerala Startup Mission’s Integrated Startup Complex in KINFRA Hi-Tech Park ([KINFRA history](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kinfra-hi-tech-park-history/)). The metro reached Thaikoodam on 3 September. In the Lok Sabha election Hibi Eden (INC) won Ernakulam by 1,69,053 votes, according to Wikipedia.

### 2020

Covid-19 shut colleges, offices and the metro for months; Wikipedia’s figures show metro ridership falling to about 61.9 lakh for the year ([Covid page](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/covid-19-kalamassery-medical-college/)). The metro still opened its Petta extension on 7 September, and 23 electric ferries were ordered for the Water Metro. Local body elections were held at the end of the year ([results](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-local-body-elections-2020-2025/)).

### 2021

On 15 February the Vyttila–Kakkanad Water Metro terminals were inaugurated, though public service waited until 2023. In the assembly election P. Rajeev (CPI(M)) won Kalamassery by 15,336 votes, according to Wikipedia. A 1.9 km section of the Seaport–Airport Road in HMT Colony was completed ([road history](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/seaport-airport-road-history/)).

### 2022

Recovery: KSRTC Swift began on 11 April, Uma Thomas (INC) won the Thrikkakara by-election, and on 1 September the metro reached SN Junction as the Pink Line’s foundation stone was laid ([2022 in review](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2022/)).

### 2023

A hard year: the Brahmapuram fire from 2 March, the Water Metro’s launch on 25 April, the convention centre blasts at Zamra on 29 October and the CUSAT stampede on 25 November ([2023 in review](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2023/)).

### 2024

The metro reached Thrippunithura on 6 March and the Water Metro reached Eloor on 14 March. Mass fish deaths in the Periyar on 21 May led to competing explanations and court and tribunal action. Hibi Eden retained Ernakulam on 4 June ([2024 in review](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2024/)).

### 2025

The old HMT lands changed: Adani’s logistics park broke ground on 23 August, the Cabinet approved a Judicial City in September and HMT land passed to the state roads agency for the airport road. Local body elections followed in December ([2025 in review](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2025/)).

### 2026

Up to early October: the HMT–NAD road link was tendered in January, the new CCRC building opened on 9 February, the metro ran later from 15 February, Kerala elected a new assembly on 9 April (results 4 May), and all Pink Line rails arrived by September ([2026 so far](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2026-so-far/)).

## Every archive page, by theme

### Year in review

- [Kalamassery in 2022: The Year in Review](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2022/)
- [Kalamassery in 2023: The Year in Review](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2023/)
- [Kalamassery in 2024: The Year in Review](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2024/)
- [Kalamassery in 2025: The Year in Review](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2025/)
- [Kalamassery in 2026 So Far: January to October](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2026-so-far/)

### Metro, roads and public transport

- [When Kochi Metro Reached Kalamassery: The 2017 Opening and After](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-metro-reaches-kalamassery-2017/)
- [Kochi Metro Pink Line to Kakkanad: Timeline of a Long-Awaited Extension](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/metro-pink-line-kakkanad-timeline/)
- [Kochi Metro Ridership Milestones, 2017–2026](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-metro-ridership-milestones/)
- [Kochi Metro Fares, 2017–2026: Every Change and Discount](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-metro-fare-history/)
- [The Kochi1 Card and Metro Ticketing: 2017 to Today](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi1-card-history/)
- [Kochi Water Metro’s Launch in 2023 and How the Network Grew](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-water-metro-launch-2023/)
- [Ferries, Boats and Water Metro: Kochi’s Water Transport History](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-water-transport-history/)
- [The Seaport–Airport Road: Three Decades of a Kalamassery Bypass](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/seaport-airport-road-history/)
- [NH 544 through Kalamassery: Widening, Flyovers and Metro Pillars](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/nh-544-widening-kalamassery-history/)
- [Kalamassery Railway Station through the Years](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-railway-station-history/)
- [Kalamassery’s Junctions: Premier, HMT and Medical College Junction over Time](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-bus-stand-and-junctions-history/)
- [KSRTC Swift, Feeder Buses and Kochi’s Bus Changes since 2022](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/ksrtc-swift-and-kochi-buses-history/)
- [Vyttila Mobility Hub: A Short History](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/vyttila-mobility-hub-history/)
- [Cochin International Airport: The People’s Airport since 1999](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-airport-history-cial/)
- [Public Bicycles in Kochi: Schemes since 2018](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-cycling-and-public-bike-history/)

### Land, big projects and the economy

- [The Adani Logistics Park Land: From HMT to Blue Star to Adani (2006–2025)](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/adani-logistics-park-land-history/)
- [Building the Cochin Cancer Research Centre: A Timeline](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/ccrc-building-timeline/)
- [How KINFRA Hi-Tech Park Grew in Kalamassery](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kinfra-hi-tech-park-history/)
- [Kerala Startup Mission at Kalamassery: A Short History](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-startup-mission-kalamassery-history/)
- [Startups Born at Kalamassery’s Startup Complex](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/startups-born-in-kalamassery/)
- [The Judicial City Idea before 2025: How the High Court Relocation Debate Began](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/judicial-city-proposal-history/)
- [Infopark Kochi: From 2004 to Phase 3](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/infopark-kochi-history/)
- [SmartCity Kochi: The Project’s Long Journey](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/smartcity-kochi-history/)
- [Lulu Mall Kochi since 2013: How a Mall Changed Edappally](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/lulu-mall-kochi-history/)
- [Rents and Housing around Kalamassery: What Changed 2015–2026](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-real-estate-and-rents-history/)
- [Workers from Other States in Kerala: A Short History since 2000](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/migrant-workers-kerala-history/)
- [Apna Ghar: Kerala’s Hostels for Migrant Workers](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/apna-ghar-migrant-hostels-kerala/)
- [Janakeeya Hotels: Kerala’s ₹20 Meals, 2020–2026](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kudumbashree-janakeeya-hotels-history/)
- [Kerala’s Free Food Kits and Ration Changes since 2020](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-ration-and-onam-kit-history/)
- [Kerala PSC: How Recruitment Changed since 2016](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-psc-recruitment-history-kochi/)

### Tragedies, disasters and public health

- [The CUSAT Stampede of November 2023: What Happened and What Changed](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/cusat-stampede-november-2023/)
- [The Kalamassery Convention Centre Blast, October 2023](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-convention-centre-blast-2023/)
- [The 2023 Brahmapuram Fire and Its Effect on Kalamassery](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/brahmapuram-fire-2023-kalamassery/)
- [Covid-19 and the Kalamassery Medical College, 2020–2022](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/covid-19-kalamassery-medical-college/)
- [The August 2018 Floods around Kalamassery, Eloor and Aluva](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/floods-2018-eloor-aluva-kalamassery/)
- [The Periyar Fish Kill of May 2024 near Pathalam](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/periyar-fish-kill-may-2024/)
- [Public Health Alerts in Kochi since 2019: Nipah, Covid and Fever Seasons](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/nipah-and-public-health-alerts-kochi/)
- [Cyclone Ockhi (2017) and Other Storms that Hit Kochi](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/cyclone-ockhi-and-kochi-2017/)

### Factories, industry and the environment

- [HMT Kalamassery’s Land: How a Factory Estate Became Kochi’s Development Bank](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/hmt-kalamassery-land-and-factory-1960s-2020s/)
- [The Kalamassery Industrial Estate: Units Past and Present](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-industrial-estate-history/)
- [Travancore Rayons, Perumbavoor: Rise and Closure](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/travancore-rayons-history/)
- [Indian Aluminium at Alupuram: Kerala’s Aluminium Story](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/indian-aluminium-alupuram-history/)
- [Binani Zinc at Edayar: From Smelter to Shutdown](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/binani-zinc-edayar-history/)
- [Cochin Minerals and Rutile (CMRL), Edayar: A Company History](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/cmrl-edayar-history/)
- [Eloor and the Periyar: A Pollution Timeline](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/eloor-pollution-timeline/)
- [FACT’s Revival: Kerala’s Fertiliser Giant since 2015](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/fact-revival-story/)
- [Hindustan Insecticides Limited, Eloor: History and Status](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/hindustan-insecticides-eloor-history/)
- [From Premier Tyres to Apollo: The Kalamassery Tyre Factory](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/premier-tyres-to-apollo-kalamassery/)
- [Travancore Cochin Chemicals: Seventy Years at Udyogamandal](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/travancore-cochin-chemicals-history/)

### Colleges and institutions

- [CUSAT History: From University of Cochin (1971) to Today](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/cusat-history-timeline/)
- [NUALS History: Kerala’s National Law University since 2005](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/nuals-history/)
- [Government Medical College, Ernakulam: From Co-operative College to Government Takeover](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/govt-medical-college-ernakulam-history/)
- [Government Polytechnic College, Kalamassery: A History](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/govt-polytechnic-kalamassery-history/)
- [St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery: Six Decades](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/st-pauls-college-kalamassery-history/)
- [Rajagiri in Kalamassery: From 1955 to a Multi-Campus Group](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/rajagiri-kalamassery-history/)
- [Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara: History since 1989](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/model-engineering-college-history/)
- [Kendriya Vidyalaya NAD Aluva: A School Born of the Depot](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kendriya-vidyalaya-nad-history/)
- [Cochin Children’s Science Park: How It Came About](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/cochin-childrens-science-park-history/)
- [Union Christian College, Aluva: A Century-Old Neighbour](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/union-christian-college-aluva-history/)

### Prices, laws and everyday rules

- [Kerala Bus Fare Revisions: Minimum Fare and Student Concession History](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-bus-fare-history/)
- [Kerala Auto and Taxi Fare Revisions since 2014](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-auto-taxi-fare-history/)
- [Electricity Tariff in Kerala, 2022–2026: What Changed for Tenants](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kseb-tariff-history-2022-2026/)
- [Kerala Water Authority Tariff Changes since 2023](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kwa-water-tariff-history/)
- [Kerala Labour Rules for Hostel-Dwelling Workers: Changes since 2020](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-minimum-wages-and-labour-rules-history/)
- [Kerala’s Single-Use Plastic Ban: 2020 to Today](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-single-use-plastic-ban-history/)
- [How Kerala’s 2024 Waste Laws Came About](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-waste-law-2024-history/)
- [Kerala Rent Control Law: From 1965 to the Model Tenancy Act Debate](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-rent-control-law-history/)
- [PIN Codes around Kalamassery: Why Neighbours Have Different Ones](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/india-post-pin-changes-kalamassery/)

### Elections (results only)

- [Kalamassery Municipality Elections: 2020 and 2025 Results](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-local-body-elections-2020-2025/)
- [Edathala Grama Panchayat Elections 2020 and 2025](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/edathala-panchayat-elections-2020-2025/)
- [Kalamassery Assembly Constituency: A History since 2011](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-assembly-constituency-history/)
- [Ernakulam Lok Sabha Results 2019 and 2024: Kalamassery’s Share](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/ernakulam-lok-sabha-2019-2024/)

### Places and names

- [Where the Name Kalamassery Comes From](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-name-origin/)
- [Nochima and the NAD Area: A Short Local History](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/nochima-and-nad-area-history/)
- [HMT Colony and Kangarappady: Company Town to Suburb](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kangarappady-and-hmt-colony-history/)
- [Why Is It Called Companypady? Place Names along the Aluva Metro](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/companypady-name-history/)
- [Edathala: History of a Panchayat beside the Periyar](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/edathala-history/)
- [Eloor: How an Island in the Periyar Became an Industrial Town](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/eloor-island-history/)
- [Muppathadam and Edayar: Riverside Villages to Industrial Belt](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/muppathadam-edayar-history/)
- [Manjummel: Church, River and the Manjummel Boys](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/manjummel-history/)
- [Thrikkakara: From Vamana Temple to Municipality](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/thrikkakara-history/)
- [Aluva’s History: Temple Town, Rail Junction, Metro Terminus](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/aluva-history/)

### Festivals, culture and sport

- [Onam in Kochi, 2022–2025: How Each Year Was Different](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/onam-in-kochi-2022-2025-archive/)
- [Aluva Sivarathri 2023–2025: Crowds, Arrangements and Lessons](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/aluva-sivarathri-2023-2025-archive/)
- [Keraleeyam 2023 and Recent Kerala Piravi Celebrations](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/keraleeyam-2023-and-kerala-piravi-events/)
- [Cochin Carnival’s Pappanji: The 2022–23 Controversy and Recent Years](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/cochin-carnival-pappanji-controversy/)
- [Kochi-Muziris Biennale: Past Editions from 2012 to 2025–26](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-muziris-biennale-past-editions/)
- [IFFK through the Years: Recent Editions and What Kochi Viewers Should Know](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/iffk-past-editions-archive/)
- [Book Fairs and Literary Events in Kochi: Recent Editions](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-literature-and-book-fairs-history/)
- [Malayalam Films Shot around Kalamassery and Aluva](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/malayalam-films-shot-around-kalamassery/)
- [Manjummel Boys (2024): How a Film Put a Kochi Suburb on the Map](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/manjummel-boys-film-effect-2024/)
- [Kerala Blasters at Kaloor: Season-by-Season since 2014](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-blasters-seasons-at-kaloor/)
- [Football Fever: Kerala Blasters Fan Culture from Kalamassery](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kerala-blasters-fan-culture-kalamassery/)
- [Kerala’s 2022 Santosh Trophy Win and Football in the Region](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/santosh-trophy-kerala-2022-win/)
- [Kochi Marathons and Runs: Past Editions](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-marathon-and-running-events-history/)

### Weather and climate

- [Kerala Monsoon Onset Dates, 2010–2026](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/monsoon-onset-dates-kerala-history/)
- [Kochi Rainfall Records: Wettest Years and Monsoon Onsets since 2015](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-rainfall-records/)
- [Kochi’s Hottest Days: Heat Records and Advisories since 2016](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kochi-heat-records/)

### About this archive

- [How We Built the Kalamassery Archive: Sources and Methods](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/how-we-built-the-kalamassery-archive/)

## Why an archive for one corner of Kochi

Kalamassery changes fast, and news reports scatter. A student arriving at CUSAT, a nurse joining the CCRC or a worker on the Adani site meets a place shaped by decisions made years earlier — a land sale in 2006, a metro line in 2017, a tender in 2026. This archive puts those decisions in one place. It is written from the NAD Road signal, where Ashraf Gents Hostel, a men’s hostel and PG, stands among the HMT lands, the Medical College and KINFRA. For everyday guides, start from [the NAD Road guide](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/nad-road-kalamassery-guide/) or the [hostel’s home page](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/).

## Frequently asked questions

**What does the Kalamassery archive cover?**

Events, projects, institutions, prices and places in and around Kalamassery, mostly from 2016 to October 2026, with sources for every dated claim.

**Are future dates in the archive reliable?**

No. Dates for projects not yet finished are targets reported at the time, and several have already been postponed.

**How are elections covered?**

Results only — winners, parties and margins as published — without commentary.

**Where should I start?**

The year-in-review pages for 2022 to 2026 give the quickest overview; then follow the theme lists.

## Sources

- [Wikipedia: Kochi Metro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi_Metro)
- [Wikipedia: Kalamassery Assembly constituency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamassery_Assembly_constituency)
- [Wikipedia: Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam_Lok_Sabha_constituency)
- [Deccan Chronicle: Adani Group acquires HDIL’s Blue Star Realtors (2018)](https://www.deccanchronicle.com/business/companies/041218/adani-group-acquires-hdils-blue-star-realtors.html)
- [Onmanorama: Kerala approaches Supreme Court for HMT land (November 2025)](https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2025/11/26/kerala-approaches-supreme-court-permission-hmt-land-judicial-city-kochi.html)
- [Wikipedia: Kochi Water Metro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi_Water_Metro)
- [Wikipedia: 2018 Kerala floods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Kerala_floods)

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