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INDORE: Indore and Bhopal will have metro rail within five years time, said urban administration and development minister of Madhya Pradesh Babulal Gaur here in Indore on Friday. Gaur stressed that work on metro rail will be completed in five years from the time of beginning of works. In Indore metro rail will have around 32.16 km route and it is expected to cost Rs 7500 crores while in Bhopal metro will have 28.5 km route and it is expected to cost Rs 6000 crores. Minister said DPR will be prepared in eight months time. In first three months company will carry out survey for three modes of public transports--metro rail, mono rail and light rail transits system. On the basis of the survey report state government will choose one particular mode of transport, in next five months company will prepared DPR for the selected mode of transport.

He said state government has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with a joint venture firm comprising German firm LRTC (GmbH) and Mumbai based Rohit Associates Architects & Engineers Pvt Ltd for preparing detail project report (DPR).

Firm has been selected through international tendering process and state government has issued work to joint venture firm, said Urban Administration and Development minister Babulal Gaur here in Indore on Friday. "This is first time when an international firm has been appointed for preparing of DPR for metro rail in the country," Guar said.