Salem (Tamil Nadu), Nov 21 (PTI) AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday said the Centre rejected the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Metrorail projects for Coimbatore and Madurai because the Tamil Nadu government submitted the 2011 census.

To operate Metrorail, the population should be 20 lakh. The DMK government deliberately kept the DPR in the backburner for more than three years and submitted to the Centre in 2024 with 2011 census of the two cities, he said.

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry recently reportedly returned Tamil Nadu’s DPR for the two Tier-II cities, citing the Metro Rail Policy, 2017, which restricts central support to urban agglomerations with a population of at least 20 lakh as per the 2011 Census, according to reports.

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