The ministry of external affairs has expressed its intention and requested the Sri Lankan Government to facilitate the process of evacuation of the civilians in the context of the announcement made by LTTE so that the civilians could be brought to the safe zone, both through the sea route and through the land route; and also with the presence of the international observers so that they can oversee the movement and there should be no firing in the safe zone. The sanctity of the safe zone should be ensured. This we have done and the Ministry of External Affairs has issued the relevant statement. Sir, I support the Metro Railways (Amendment) Bill. This amendment is brought to meet the requirements of the commonwealth games to be held in october 2010. Originally, the metro had jurisdiction over the national capital only. Now it is given an extension to Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. That extension is not enough. Now, I would request the Government of India to give an extension to it cover Kochi so that Kochi may also have Metro. Just as we have Indian Railways having jurisdiction throughout India, we should also have metro corporations throughout India, including chennai, kolkata, mumabi and kochi. Even, under the Act, the Railway Safety Commissioner is having supervision over this Metro also. So, that is inter-connected. Therefore, it would be only just and proper that a metro corporation should be having jurisdiction over all the metro cities of india it is a possibility just like we are having the Indian Railways all over India. So, we can have such a system covering all the metro cities and having Metro Railways there. This is only just and proper. Further, I would like to infrom the House that the Kerala Government in the picture.
