Lok Sabha Question No. 288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Electrification of Railway Network
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: M. CHANDRAKASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.288 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12 2018

## ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY NETWORK

288. SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the ratio of electric rail-lines against total length of rail-lines in the country in percentage terms;
- (b) whether  the  Railways  has  any  action  plan  to  achieve  total electrification of its network, if so, the details thereof and the time by which the target may be achieved; and rail-line
- (c) the details regarding progress in the on going electrification works?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  288  BY  SHRI  M.  CHANDRAKASI  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2018 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY NETWORK

- (a) As on 01.04.2018, 30,212 Route Kilometers of rail  lines have been commissioned on electric traction, which is 44.85% of total Indian Railway network.
- (b) Yes, Madam.  Ministry of Railways have prepared an Action Plan to electrify balance Broad Gauge (BG) Routes of Indian Railways.

## Year wise planning for electrification is as under:-

| Year    |   Route Kilometers planned for electrification |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|
| 2018-19 |                                           6000 |
| 2019-20 |                                           7000 |
| 2020-21 |                                          10500 |
| 2021-22 |                                          10500 |

- (c) Present  status  of  the  ongoing  electrification  projects  under  Plan Head 'Railway Electrification' is as under:-

|   SN | Zonal Railway(s)                  | Name of Project                                                       |   Total Route kilometer (RKM) |   Balance RKM to be electrified as on 01.12.2018 |
|------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | East Central & Northeast Frontier | Barauni-Katihar- Guwahati incl Katihar-Barsoi                         |                           836 |                                              562 |
|    2 | Southern                          | Shoranur-Mangalore- Penambur                                          |                           328 |                                               22 |
|    3 | East Coast                        | Vizianagaram - Rayagada - Titlagarh - Raipur                          |                           465 |                                              158 |
|    4 | South Central & South Western     | Guntakal - Bellary - Hospet incl. Tornagallu - Ranjitpura Branch Line |                           138 |                                              138 |
|    5 | Central & South East Central      | Amla - Chhindwara - Kalumna                                           |                           257 |                                              106 |

| SN                                | Zonal Railway(s)                                                                                                     | Name of Project                         | Total Route kilometer (RKM)   | Balance RKM to be electrified as on 01.12.2018   |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 6 Central North Central           | & Itarsi - Katni - Manikpur incl Satna - Rewa and Manikpur - Chheoki                                                 | 653                                     | 226                           |                                                  |
| 7 East Central                    | Garwa Road Chopan - Singrauli                                                                                        | -                                       | 257                           | 115                                              |
| 8 Northern, North Western Western | & Delhi Sarai Rohilla - Rewari - Palanpur Ahmedabad, Kalol -Gandhinagar Khodiyar and Alwar Bandikui - Jaipur Phulera | - incl. - - -                           | 1087                          | 727                                              |
| 9 Northern                        | Rajpura - Lehra Muhabhat                                                                                             | Dhuri -                                 | 151                           | 151                                              |
| 10 Northern                       | Jakhal - Ludhiana                                                                                                    | Dhuri -                                 | 123                           | 123                                              |
| 11                                | East Coast Singapur Damanjodi                                                                                        | Road -                                  | 152                           | 100                                              |
| 12 Eastern                        | Katwa-Azimganj- Nalhati & Azimganj- Tildanga/New Farakka incl. Nalhati & Azimganj bypass line                        | 200                                     |                               | 82                                               |
| 13 North Eastern                  | Chhapra-Ballia- Ghazipur-Varanasi- Allahabad                                                                         |                                         | 330                           | 191                                              |
| 14                                | West Central                                                                                                         | Singrauli-Katni                         | 260                           | 260                                              |
| 15                                | Western                                                                                                              | Ahmedabad-Rajkot                        | 233                           | 233                                              |
| 16 Western                        | Samakhiyali                                                                                                          | Mehsana-Viramgam-                       | 292                           | 292                                              |
| 17                                | Southern Erode-Karur-                                                                                                | Tiruchchirapalli & Salem-Karur-Dindigul | 300                           | 89                                               |
| 18 Central                        | & Ratlam - Nimach - Chanderia - Kota                                                                                 |                                         | 348                           | 348                                              |

| SN            | Zonal Railway(s)                                                                         |   Name of Project |   Total Route kilometer (RKM) |   Balance RKM to be electrified as on 01.12.2018 |
|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| East Central  | Koderma - Hazaribagh - Barkakana - Ranchi                                                |               203 |                           203 |                                               19 |
| North Eastern | Ghazipur - Aunrihar - Manduadih                                                          |                78 |                            78 |                                               20 |
| Northern      | Utretia - Rae Bareli - Amethi - Janghai                                                  |               214 |                           214 |                                               21 |
| South Central | Paddapalli - Lingampet - Jagtiyal                                                        |                83 |                            83 |                                               22 |
| Southern      | Tiruchchirappalli - Nagapattinam - Karaikkal                                             |               153 |                           153 |                                               23 |
| Eastern       | Bonidanga Link Cabin / Bonidanga - Barharwa - Sahibganj - Kiul incl. Tinpahar - Rajmahal |               247 |                           247 |                                               24 |
| South Central | Pagidipalli - Nallapadu                                                                  |               285 |                           206 |                                               25 |
| North Western | Hissar - Bhatinda - Suratgarh                                                            |               328 |                           171 |                                               26 |
| East Central  | Valmiki Nagar - Narkatiaganj - Sugauli - Muzaffarpur incl Sugauli -Raxaul                |               240 |                           118 |                                               27 |
| North Central | Jhansi - Manikpur incl Khairar - Bhimsen                                                 |               409 |                           113 |                                               28 |
| North Western | Ajmer - Berach - Mavli - Udaipur                                                         |               294 |                           127 |                                               29 |
| South Central | Manmad - Mudkhed - Dhone excl. Umdanagar- Mehboobnagar                                   |               783 |                           783 |                                               30 |
| South Western | Hospet - Hubli - Vasco da Gama                                                           |               346 |                           346 |                                               31 |
| Central       | Jasai - Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust                                                      |                 9 |                             9 |                                               32 |
| Central       | Pune-Miraj-Kolhapur                                                                      |               326 |                           326 |                                               33 |

| SN                    | Zonal Railway(s)                                | Name of Project Total kilometer (RKM)   |   Balance RKM to be electrified as on 01.12.2018 |
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 34 Central            | Pen-Roha                                        | 40                                      |                                               40 |
| 35 North Eastern      | Mathura-Kasganj- Kalyanpur                      | 338                                     |                                              338 |
| 36 North Eastern      | Aunrihar-Jaunpur                                | 60                                      |                                               60 |
| 37 North Central      | Chunar-Chopan                                   | 100                                     |                                              100 |
| 38 Northern           | Beas-Gownidwal Sahib-Taran Taran- Amritsar      | 72                                      |                                               72 |
| 39 Western            | Samakhiyali- Gandhidham-Kandla Port-Mundra Port | 77                                      |                                               77 |
| 40 North Western      | Jaipur-Sawai Madhopur-Ringas                    | 188                                     |                                              188 |
| 41 Northern           | Noli-Tapri                                      | 143                                     |                                              143 |
| 42 South Western      | Miraj-Londa                                     | 189                                     |                                              189 |
| 43 South East Central | Gondia-Nainpur- Jabalpur                        | 229                                     |                                              112 |
| 44 West Central       | Vijaipur-Maksi                                  | 188                                     |                                              188 |
| 45 South East Central | Chhindwara-Nainpur- Mandala Fort                | 183                                     |                                              183 |
| 46 Central            | Chalisgaon-Dhule                                | 56                                      |                                               56 |
| 47 East Central       | Biharsharif- Daniawan                           | 38                                      |                                               38 |
| 48 East Central       | Ara - Sasaram                                   | 97                                      |                                               97 |
| 49 North Central      | Bandikui-Bharatpur                              | 97                                      |                                               97 |
| 50 North Central      | Birlanagar-Etawah                               | 115                                     |                                              115 |
| 51 North Central      | Bhandai-Udi                                     | 113                                     |                                              113 |
| 52 Northern           | Unnao-Balamau- Sitapur                          | 162                                     |                                              162 |
| 53 Northern           | Narwana Kurukshetra                             | - 86                                    |                                               86 |

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| SN                     | Zonal Railway(s)                                          |   Name of Project Total kilometer (RKM) |   Balance RKM to be electrified as on 01.12.2018 |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 54 Northern            | Bareilly-Chandausi- Harduaganj incl. Chandausi- Moradabad |                                     199 |                                              199 |
| 55 Northern            | Gajraula- Muazzampur Narain                               |                                      95 |                                               95 |
| 56 Northern            | Panipat-Jind                                              |                                      70 |                                               70 |
| 57 Northern            | Rohtak -Panipat                                           |                                      71 |                                               71 |
| 58 South Western       | Bengaluru-Omalur via Hosur                                |                                     196 |                                              196 |
| 59 West Central        | Guna-Gwalior                                              |                                     227 |                                              227 |
| 60 East Central        | Fatuha - Islampur                                         |                                      43 |                                               43 |
| 61 East Central        | Darbhanga-Jaynagar                                        |                                      69 |                                               69 |
| 62 North east Frontier | Guwahati-Dibrugarh via Tinsukia and Simaluguri-Dibrugarh  |                                     661 |                                              661 |
| 63 Northern            | Raiwala-Rishikesh                                         |                                      12 |                                               12 |
| 64 Western             | Rajkot-Sikka-Okha                                         |                                     271 |                                              271 |
| 65 East Central        | Giridih-Nawadih- Koderma                                  |                                     114 |                                              114 |
| 66 North Eastern       | Kaptanganj-Thawe- Khairah-Chhapra Kacheri                 |                                     206 |                                              206 |
| 67 East Central        | Raxaul-Sitamarhi- Darbhanga- Samastipur                   |                                     231 |                                              231 |
| 68 Northern            | Garhi Harsaru- Farukhnagar                                |                                      12 |                                               12 |
| 69 North east Frontier | Raninagar Jalpaiguri- Samuktala Road                      |                                     129 |                                              129 |
| 70 North Western       | Alwar-Bandikui - 2nd line                                 |                                      60 |                                               60 |
| 71 Northern            | Amritsar-Batala- Bharoli                                  |                                     104 |                                              104 |
| 72 East Central        | Samastipur-Khagaria                                       |                                      85 |                                               85 |
| 73 North east Frontier | New Bongaigaon- Goalpara-Kamakhya                         |                                     175 |                                              175 |

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| SN               | Zonal Railway(s)                                                                 |   Name of Project | Total Route kilometer (RKM)   | Balance RKM to be electrified as on 01.12.2018   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 74 Southern      | Villupuram- Cuddalore Port- Mayiladuturai- Thanjavur & Mayiladuturai- Thiruvarur |               228 | 228                           |                                                  |
| Northern         | Mankapur-Katra- Ayodhya                                                          |                38 | 38                            | 75                                               |
| 76 North Central | Shikohabad- Farrukhabad                                                          |               158 |                               | 158                                              |
| 77 North Western | Rewari-Sadulpur- Hanumangarh                                                     |               320 | 320                           |                                                  |
| Central          | Daund-Baramati                                                                   |                44 | 44                            | 78                                               |
| Central          | Wani-Pimpalkhutti                                                                |                66 | 66                            | 79                                               |
| North Western    | Sadulpur-Ratangarh- Bikaner Lalgarh incl. Ratangarh Sardarshahar                 |               286 | 286                           | 80                                               |
| South Western    | Chikjajur-Bellary                                                                |               184 | 184                           | 81                                               |
| Central          | Miraj-Kurduwadi- Latur                                                           |               377 | 377                           | 82                                               |
| 83 South Western | Gadag-Hotgi                                                                      |               284 | 284                           |                                                  |
| 84 Northern      | Unnao-Unchahar                                                                   |               113 | 113                           |                                                  |
| Western          | Ratlam-Fatehabad- Laxmibainagar                                                  |               115 | 115                           | 85                                               |
| Western          | Wankaner-Dahinsara- Maliya Miyana & Surendranagar- Dhrangandhra                  |               132 | 132                           | 86                                               |
| 87 South Western | Chikbanavar-Hubballi                                                             |               456 | 456                           |                                                  |
| 88 Northern      | Najibabad-Kotdwara                                                               |                24 |                               | 24                                               |
| 89 North Eastern | Kasganj-Bareilly, Bhojipura-Daliganj                                             |               401 |                               | 401                                              |
| 90 North Western | Suratgarh-Phalodi-- Bhildi incl. Phalodi- Jaisalmer                              |               902 |                               | 902                                              |

Further, in September, 2018 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved  the  proposal  for  electrification  of  balance  un-electrified  BG routes  of  Indian  Railways  comprising  of  108  sections  covering  13,675 route kilometers (16,540 track kilometers) at a cost of ` 12,134.50 crore.

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