kochi when the kochi metro finally rolls out the coaches will be the sociocultural ambassadors of the state the kochi metro rail ltd kmrl has held preliminary talks with kochi biennale foundation kbf for drawing graffiti and art work on coaches depicting keralas social and cultural heritage according to kmrl officials they plan to replicate graffiti done by kbf inside coaches we have been thinking of giving a kerala flavour to coaches we have held preliminary talks with kbf for graffiti that can be used inside coaches the official said we want coaches to be unique and have a touch of kerala there should be a feel of the journey as well we have not given any specific suggestions to the artists of kbf it is for them to decide on the design and even the theme the official said according to kbf officials another round of talks would be held with kmrl in a month at that meeting more details regarding the kind of graffiti to be used will be worked out we hope to begin work in a monthandahalf our effort will be to give a kerala touch to coaches through art said riyas komu secretary kbf after kbf completes the graffiti and other art work they will be replicated as stickers and pasted inside coaches on saturday union minister for urban development venkaiah naidu will inaugurate the construction of metro rail coaches in sri city in andhra pradesh the french company alstom will construct a total of 75 coaches for 25 trains meant for the rail network officials with kmrl said that they have instructed the company to incorporate all possible customerfriendly features while constructing the coaches the company will hand the coaches over to kmrl by the end of december the metro agency has entrusted the indian institute of architects iia to prepare the designs for metro rail stations it is learnt that the agency has submitted the final design of almost all stations the designs of the station would reflect the sociocultural aspects of kerala as per the plan exteriors of the stations will feature houseboats palm leaves and other social and cultural artefacts related to the state