Kerala has light metro systems planned for the cities of Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram.

The SPV is fully owned by the State Government and the Chief Minister is the Chairman of the company.

The other board members are Ministers KN Balagopal, Antony Raju, P Rajeev, K Rajan as well as officials of Public Works and Transport departments.

[5] The state government received approval to float KMCL from the registrar of companies and was incorporated on 5 December 2012.

[11][12][13] On 12 June 2013, the State Cabinet gave clearance for an agreement to be signed between KMCL and DMRC, that would make the latter the general consultant for the monorail projects in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram.