From correspondents in Delhi, India, 08:32 PM IST

Two new schools of planning and architecture will come up in Bhopal and Vijayawada at a cost of over Rs.3.48 million, a minister said Thursday.

The government Thursday approved the proposal of the projects, which are to be completed by 2012-13, Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan told reporters here.

'The institutes would integrate graduate, post-graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral education in architecture and town planning and foster research in these areas,' said Chavan.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)