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The network of a small construction project awarded to a contractor is shown in the following figure. The normal duration, crash duration, normal cost, and crash cost of all the activities are shown in the table. The indirect cost incurred by the contractor is INR $5000$ per day.

$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Activity} & \text{Normal Duration (days)}  & \text{Crash Duration (days)} & \text{Normal Cost (INR)} & \text{Crash Cost (INR)} \\ \hline P & 6 & 4 & 15000 & 25000 \\ \hline Q & 5 & 2 & 6000 & 12000 \\ \hline R & 5 & 3 & 8000 & 9500 \\ \hline S & 6 & 3 & 7000 & 10000 \\ \hline T & 3 & 2 & 6000 & 9000 \\ \hline U & 2 & 1 & 4000 & 6000 \\ \hline V & 4 & 2 & 20000 & 28000 \\ \hline \end{array}$

The project is targeted for completion in $16$ days, the total cost (in INR) to be incurred by the contractor would be _______

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