Take office as Mayor of Kochi

Kochi, India · 700,000 people · Coastal City

The Kochi Corporation and Cochin Port Authority manage Kerala's primary container port, operate the Kochi Metro Rail (India's first 100% solar powered metro system), coordinate ecological monitoring of the Vembanad Lake backwater system, and preserve the Fort Kochi heritage precinct of Portuguese, Dutch, and Jewish colonial era buildings and the 14th-century Chinese cantilevered fishing nets on the waterfront.

1 mayor has already taken office in Kochi. Join them, and add your term to the record the city keeps on the Board of Mayors.

The city

Landmark: Chinese Fishing Nets & Fort Kochi Heritage District.

• Kochi Metro Rail Ltd operates India's first metro system powered entirely by renewable energy — rooftop solar photovoltaic panels on all station canopies feed the traction power system — requiring the city to manage grid feedback agreements with Kerala State Electricity Board, battery energy storage systems for monsoon cloud cover days, and metered solar surplus sales back to the grid, making the metro a net energy contributor on clear days.
• The Cochin Port Authority manages one of India's largest natural deep water harbours — formed by a network of islands, peninsulas, and backwater channels — while regulating the iconic Chinese dip net (cheena vala) fishing operations on the Fort Kochi waterfront, a living heritage practice maintained since the 14th century that now requires heritage zoning protection against waterfront commercial development.

How a term works

Take office and each day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is judged on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, within the city's budget, and every term adds to the record Kochi keeps on the Board of Mayors. Mayors message and confer with one another, form councils, trade with neighbouring cities and send aid where it is needed. Cities rise together.

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