Lok Sabha Question No. 1631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Electrification of Railway Lines in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1631 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES IN KARNATAKA

1631. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  railway  network  in  the  country  that  is  yet  to  be electrified, State-wise;
- (b) whether  Karnataka  is  among  the  three  worst  States  in  the country with regard to electrification and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether Karnataka has a total network of 3281 Km. and only 19 of existing lines in Karnataka are electrified, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the current status of electrification of Birur-Talaguppa (161 Km.), Mysore-Mangalore (347 Km.), Kadur-Chikmagalur (46 Km.) and Chikkabanavar-Hassan  (166  Km.)  along  with  the  total  cost  of  these projects and the funds allocated during the last four years; and
- (e) the  details  of  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  achieve the expeditious completion of electrification in Karnataka?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1631 BY KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 13.02.2019 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES IN KARNATAKA

- (a) Ministry  of  Railways  has  planned  for  100%  electrification  of  Broad Gauge (BG) Routes of Indian Railways.

As on 01.02.2019, State-wise details of BG  rail routes to be electrified are given below:-

| S. No. Name of State(s)/ Union Territory   |   Route Kilometers to be electrified |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1. Andhra Pradesh                          |                                  864 |
| 2. Arunachal Pradesh                       |                                   12 |
| 3. Assam                                   |                                 2440 |
| 4. Bihar                                   |                                 1457 |
| 5. Chhattisgarh                            |                                  244 |
| 6 Chandigarh                               |                                    0 |
| 7. Delhi                                   |                                    0 |
| 8. Goa                                     |                                   69 |
| 9. Gujarat                                 |                                 2569 |
| 10. Haryana                                |                                  445 |
| 11. Himachal Pradesh                       |                                    0 |
| 12. Jammu & Kashmir                        |                                  135 |
| 13. Jharkhand                              |                                  610 |
| 14. Karnataka                              |                                 2839 |
| 15. Kerala                                 |                                  169 |
| 16. Madhya Pradesh                         |                                 1450 |
| 17. Maharashtra                            |                                 2220 |
| 18. Manipur                                |                                   13 |
| 19. Meghalaya                              |                                    9 |
| 20. Mizoram                                |                                   02 |
| 21. Nagaland                               |                                   11 |
| 22. Odisha                                 |                                  329 |
| 23. Puducherry                             |                                   11 |
| 24. Punjab                                 |                                 1491 |
| 25. Rajasthan                              |                                 4024 |
| 26. Tamil Nadu                             |                                 1552 |
| 27. Telengana                              |                                  615 |
| 28. Tripura                                |                                  203 |
| 29. Uttar Pradesh                          |                                 3666 |
| 30. Uttrakhand                             |                                  183 |
| 31. West Bengal                            |                                 1152 |

(b) & (c) As on 01.02.2019, in state of Karnataka 585 Rkm out of total BG 3424 Rkm are electrified (i.e.17.09 % of total BG routes in Karnataka). With Ministry of Railways decision for 100% electrification all the balance BG routes of state of Karnataka have been sanctioned for electrification.

(d) & (e) Status of Birur-Talaguppa, Mysore-Mangalore, KadurChikmagalur  and  Chikkabanavar-Hassan  electrification  projects  are  as under:-

|   S.No | Name of Project       |   Route in Kilometers (RKM) | Cost ( ` in Crore)   | Status                |
|--------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|      1 | Birur-Talaguppa       |                         161 | 151.99 All           | works have been       |
|      2 | Mysore - Mangalore    |                         347 | 315.81               | sanctioned in year    |
|      3 | Kadur-Chikmagalur     |                          46 | 39.74                | 2018-19 and are under |
|      4 | Chikkabanavar- Hassan |                         166 | 155.17               | process of tendering. |

To  expedite  electrification  of  railway  lines  in  the  country  including state of Karnataka, steps taken includes award of Engineering Procurement  and  Construction  (EPC)  contracts,  better  project  monitoring mechanism,  delegating  more  power  to  field  units  for  award  of  contracts including sanction of estimates. Besides, increasing the number  of executing agencies from existing three to six by entrusting electrification works to new agencies viz. IRCON International, Rail India Technical and Economic  Services  (RITES)  and  Power  Grid  Corporation  of  India  Limited (PGCIL).

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