Lok Sabha Question No. 2878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-11
Subject: Electrification of Railway Lines in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2878 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2020

## ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES IN KARNATAKA

## 2878.  KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Karnataka  is  among  the  three  worst  States  in  the country with regard to electrification of railway lines, behind only Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  rail  routes  electrified  in  the  State  as  on December 31, 2019;
- (c) whether the Government plans to set up electrical loco sheds for maintenance  of  electric  locomotives  in  Karnataka,  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (d) the details of trains ( on originating or terminating basis) serving stations  located  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  during  the  last  five years;
- (e) the  number  of  new  lines  and  doubling  works  laid  or  the  work pertaining  to  them  started,  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Karnataka during 2014-19 along with the details of their progress; and
- (f) the details of outlay for the various railway projects undertaken in Karnataka during 2014-19?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2878 BY KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  11.03.2020  REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES IN KARNATAKA

## (a) Electrification status on Broad Gauge as on 31.12.2019 in the State of Karnataka, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh is as under:

| State            | Electrification (%)   |
|------------------|-----------------------|
| Himachal Pradesh | 100%                  |
| Gujarat          | 31%                   |
| Karnataka        | 18%                   |

- (b) As on 31.12.2019, in Karnataka, out of total 3,746 Broad Gauge (BG) Route Kilometer (RKM), 692 RKM have been electrified.
- (c) As  of  now,  no  new  electric  loco  shed  is  planned  in  State  of Karnataka.
- (d) 55 pairs of train services have been introduced on originating/terminating basis during the period 2014-15 to 201819,  serving  various  stations  located  in  the  State  of  Karnataka. Details are appended.
- (e) Railway  projects  are  not  confined  to  State/Union  Territories  (UT). However, 35 new line and doubling projects of total length 4403 Km,  costing ` 44,208  crore,  falling  fully/partly  in  the  state  of Karnataka are in different stages of planning/sanctioning/execution, this includes:-

20  new  line  projects  of  total  length  2502  Km,  costing ` 28,428 crore,  out  of  which,  commissioning  of  245  Km  length  has  been achieved upto March, 2019.  In addition, one new line project of 73 Km length, costing ` 988 crore has been included in Budget book 2020-21(against umbrella work of 2019-20).

15  doubling  projects  of  total  length  1901  Km  costing ` 15,780 crore,  out  of  which,  commissioning  of  435  Km  length  has  been achieved upto March, 2019.

- (f) Total  Budget  outlay  for  infrastructure  and  safety  works  for  the projects falling fully/partly in Karnataka has increased to ` 13,509 crore during 2014-19, from ` 4,175 crore during 2009-14, which is 224% more than 2009-14.

However, Project-wise details of projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in >Ministry of  Railways  >Railway  Board  >About  Indian  Railways  >Railway Board Directorates >Finance (Budget)>Railway-wise Works Machinery & Rolling Stock Programme> Regular Budget (year).

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2878  BY  KUMARI  SHOBHA  KARANDLAJE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 11.03.2020 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES IN KARNATAKA

|   S. No. | Train No.                | From                | To                         | Express    | W.e.f      |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|------------|------------|
|        1 | 82653/82654              | Yesvantpur          | Jaipur                     | AC Express | 18.12.14   |
|        2 | 82651/82652              | Yesvantpur          | ShrimataVaishno Devi Katra | Express    | 07.02.2015 |
|        3 | 22353/22354              | Patna               | Bangalore                  | Express    | 29.01.2015 |
|        4 | 22504/22503              | Kamakhaya           | Baiyyappanahalli           | Express    | 29.01.2015 |
|        5 | 17321/17322              | Hubballi            | Mumbai                     | Express    | 01.11.2014 |
|        6 | 16229/16230              | Mysuru              | Varanasi                   | Express    | 25.12.2014 |
|        7 | 16587/16588              | Yesvantpur          | Bikaner                    | Express    | 12.12.2014 |
|        8 | 56921/56922              | Hubballi            | Belgaum                    | Passenger  | 01.11.2014 |
|        9 | 56282/56281              | Bangalore           | Chamarajanagar             | Passenger  | 01.11.2014 |
|       10 | 56277/56278              | Chikmangalore       | Yesvantpur                 | Passenger  | 04.11.2014 |
|       11 | 18111/18112              | Tatanagar           | Baiyyappanahalli           | Express    | 29.01.2015 |
|       12 | 76521/76522              | Yesvantpur          | Nelamangala                | Passenger  | 01.11.2014 |
|       13 | 76523/76524              | Yesvantpur          | Hosur                      | Passenger  | 01.11.2014 |
|       14 | 16579/16580              | Yesvantpur          | Shivamogga Town            | Express    | 07.12.2014 |
|       15 | 56925/56926              | Bangalore           | Tumkuru                    | Passenger  | 01.11.2014 |
|       16 | 16577/16578              | Yesvantpur          | Harihar                    | Express    | 07.11.2014 |
|       17 | 11075/11076              | LokmanyaTilak (T)   | Bidar                      | Express    | 17.02.2015 |
|       18 | 56665/56666              | Kasargod            | Mookambika Road Byndoor    | Passenger  | 10.02.2015 |
|       19 | 11031/11032              | Solapur             | Vijayapura                 | Express    | 04.07.2015 |
|       20 | 22863/22864              | Howrah              | Yesvantpur                 | AC Express | 13.01.2016 |
|       21 | 66542/66541              | KSR Bengaluru City  | White field                | MEMU       | 17.01.2017 |
|       22 | 66544/66543              | KSR Bengaluru City  | Kuppam                     | MEMU       | 17.01.2017 |
|       23 | 66535/66536              | KSR Bengaluru City  | Ramanagaram                | MEMU       | 16.01.2017 |
|       24 | 66537/66538              | KSR Bengaluru City  | Ramanagaram                | MEMU       | 16.01.2017 |
|       25 | 66539/66540              | KSR Bengaluru City  | Ramanagaram                | MEMU       | 16.01.2017 |
|       26 | 16581/16582              | Yesvantpur          | Shivamogga Town            | Express    | 17.01.2017 |
|       27 | 57477/57478              | Rayadurga           | Kalyanadurg                | Passenger  | 30.12.2016 |
|       28 | 17419/17021, 17420/17022 | Tirupati/ Hyderabad | Vasco-Da-Gama              | Express    | 05.01.2017 |

|   S. No. | Train No.   | From          | To                 | Express           | W.e.f      |
|----------|-------------|---------------|--------------------|-------------------|------------|
|       29 | 22679/22680 | Yesvantpur    | Hassan             | Express           | 27.03.2017 |
|       30 | 22887/22888 | Howrah        | Yesvantpur         | Humsafar Express  | 26.01.2017 |
|       31 | 22497/22498 | Sriganganagar | Tiruchirappalli    | Humsafar Express  | 07.03.2017 |
|       32 | 12504/12503 | Kamakhaya     | KSR Bengaluru City | Humsafar Express  | 30.12.2016 |
|       33 | 11307/11308 | Kalaburagi    | Hyderabad          | Express           | 08.08.2016 |
|       34 | 56927/56928 | Hubballi      | Chikkabenakal      | Passenger         | 01.04.2017 |
|       35 | 16575/16576 | Yesvantpur    | Mangalore          | Express           | 11.04.2017 |
|       36 | 17323/17324 | Hubballi      | Varanasi           | Express           | 28.05.2017 |
|       37 | 17325/17326 | Hubballi      | Mysuru             | Express           | 24.05.2017 |
|       38 | 22833/22834 | Bhuvaneswar   | Krishnarajapuram   | Humsafar Express  | 17.07.2017 |
|       39 | 19667/19668 | Udaipur       | Mysuru             | Humsafar Express  | 26.02.2018 |
|       40 | 22143/22144 | CSMT          | Bidar              | Express           | 28.04.2017 |
|       41 | 77408/77407 | Raichur       | Guntakal           | Passenger         | 18.12.2017 |
|       42 | 12749/12750 | Machilipatnam | Bidar              | Express           | 05.03.2018 |
|       43 | 77651/77652 | Bidar         | Kalaburagi         | Passenger         | 30.10.2017 |
|       44 | 77655/77656 | Bidar         | Kalaburagi         | Passenger         | 30.10.2017 |
|       45 | 16543/16544 | Yesvantpur    | Hubballi           | Express           | 01.06.2018 |
|       46 | 11065/11066 | Mysuru        | Renigunta          | Express           | 02.06.2018 |
|       47 | 22666/22665 | Coimbatore    | KSR Bengaluru      | Uday Express      | 09.06.2018 |
|       48 | 16541/16542 | Yesvantpur    | Miraj              | Express           | 05.07.2018 |
|       49 | 76901/76902 | Bagalkot      | Khajjidoni         | Passenger         | 18.06.2018 |
|       50 | 16319/16320 | Kochuveli     | Banaswadi          | Humsafar Express  | 21.10.2018 |
|       51 | 12089/12090 | Yesvantpur    | Shivamogga Town    | Express           | 04.02.2019 |
|       52 | 16585/16586 | Yesvantpur    | Mangalore          | Express           | 04.02.2019 |
|       53 | 22353/22354 | Patna         | Banaswadi          | Humsafar Express  | 10.03.2019 |
|       54 | 11416/11415 | Kolhapur      | Bidar              | Express           | 13.06.2018 |
|       55 | 16355/16356 | Mangalore     | Kochuveli          | Antyodaya Express | 10.06.2018 |

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