By Express News ServiceKOCHI: Though Covid has affected the revenue from operations, Kochi Metro’s (KMRL) non-ticketing revenue saw a surge in the financial year ended March 31, 2021. The total income also increased to Rs 167.46 crore from Rs 134.95 crore during the year ago period. However, KMRL’s overall loss widened by Rs 24 crore to `334.17 crore from Rs 310.60 crore in 2019-20. Kochi Metro stopped its operations from March 22 to September 6, 2020, as per the government directives. As per the annual report, the number of passengers travelling in Kochi metro during the stipulated period was 38.20 lakh.

Source: MetroXpress January 01, 1970 00:00 UTC