Lok Sabha Question No. 862 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Track Electrification
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.862 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## TRACK ELECTRIFICATION

862.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of implementation of electrification of Railways across the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Railways is set to achieve the track electrification target of 4000 kilometers;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the  kilometers  which  are  yet  to  be  electrified,  particularly  in Gujarat?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 862 BY SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 26.06.2019 REGARDING TRACK ELECTRIFICATION

## (a)  As  on  01.04.2019,  State-wise  status  of  implementation  of Railway Electrification on Indian Railways is as under:-

|   S. No. | State             | Total Broad Gauge Route Kilometres   | Route Kilometres Electrified   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 3,817                                | 2,998                          |
|        2 | Arunachal pradesh | 11                                   | 0                              |
|        3 | Assam             | 2,465                                | 0                              |
|        4 | Bihar             | 3,344                                | 2,292                          |
|        5 | Chandigarh        | 16                                   | 16                             |
|        6 | Chattisgarh       | 1,143                                | 957                            |
|        7 | Delhi             | 183                                  | 183                            |
|        8 | Goa               | 188                                  | 0                              |
|        9 | Gujarat           | 3,562                                | 995                            |
|       10 | Haryana           | 1,707                                | 1,408                          |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh  | 50                                   | 50                             |
|       12 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 298                                  | 163                            |
|       13 | Jharkhand         | 2,585                                | 1,925                          |
|       14 | Karnataka         | 3,746                                | 641                            |
|       15 | Kerala            | 1,045                                | 855                            |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 4,421                                | 3,143                          |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 5,593                                | 3,147                          |
|       18 | Manipur           | 13                                   | 0                              |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 9                                    | 0                              |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 2                                    | 0                              |

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|   S. No. | State      | Total Broad Gauge Route Kilometres   | Route Kilometres Electrified   |
|----------|------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|       21 | Nagaland   | 11                                   | 0                              |
|       22 | Odisha     | 2,608                                | 2,366                          |
|       23 | Punjab     | 22                                   | 11                             |
|       24 | Puducherry | 2,258                                | 927                            |

| S. No.   | State         | Total Broad Gauge Route Kilometres   | - -   | - Route Kilometres Electrified   |
|----------|---------------|--------------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------|
| 25       | Rajasthan     | 5,379                                | 2     | 1,583                            |
| 26       | Sikkim        | 0                                    | /     | 0                                |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu    | 3,782                                | …     | 2,230                            |
| 28       | Telengana     | 1,823                                |       | 1326                             |
| 29       | Tripura       | 216                                  |       | 0                                |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh | 9,620                                |       | 5,240                            |
| 31       | Uttarakhand   | 341                                  |       | 141                              |
| 32       | West Bengal   | 4,040                                |       | 2,891                            |
|          | Total         | 64,298                               |       | 35,488                           |

(b)  &  (c)  Against  target  of  4,000  Route  Kilometers  (RKM)  for Railway Electrification during the year 2017-18, 4,087 RKM have been electrified.  In the year 2018-19, 5,276 RKM of routes were electrified. Further, 7,000 RKM have been planned for electrification during 2019-20.

(d) Ministry of Railways has planned to electrify balance Broad Gauge routes of 28,810 RKM including 2,387 RKM of the State of Gujarat.

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