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BHOPAL: Centre has given in-principle approval for preparing a detailed project report (DPR) for starting metro rail services in Bhopal and Indore cities, informed urban administration minister Babulal gaur while addressing a press conference here on Tuesday.Gaur said that the DPR will be prepared within the next six months and the cost for the same would be borne 50:50 by the Centre and the state. A sum of about Rs 6 to 7 crore would be required for preparing the the DPR, he added."The total length of metro will be 28.5 km in Bhopal and for Indore it will be 33 km," he said. The estimated cost for implementing the metro rail project is around Rs 6,000 crore in Bhopal and about Rs 7,500 crore in Indore, the minister said, adding that the feasibility survey for the two projects was done by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Limited.The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited has already conducted the feasibility survey for developing metros here, he said.The urban administration department will float a tender to select a company for preparing the DPR for the two cities, he said.Gaur also said that the Centre has also asked for a DPR for Narmada Water Purification scheme. He said that it will be a Rs 1,066 crore project and will be divided into two phases.The first phase will be worth Rs 578 crore and will cover 24 cities. The second phase will be of Rs 487 crore covering 29 cities.

"The centre will be contributing 70% of the total amount while the remaining 30% cost will be borne by the state government. Currently, Rs 115.38 crore has been sanctioned by the Centre for 14 cities under the national river water conservation scheme, of which the centre has already sanctioned Rs 85 crore to the state," he added.