Lok Sabha Question No. 1764 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Electrification in NFR
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1764 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.09.2020

## ELECTRIFICATION IN NFR

## 1764.  SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the progress of railway electrification work in Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in 2020;
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned and spent for the railway electrification work in NFR in 2020, division-wise; and
- (c) the division-wise details of progress and execution of each project under the NFR, division-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (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.1764 BY SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 21.09.2020 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION IN NFR

- (a) As  on  01.04.2020,  Broad  gauge  (BG)  routes  of  319  Route kilometer  (RKM)  have  been  electrified  in  Northeast  Frontier  Railway (NFR) and work on 3,914 RKM are in different stages of execution.
- (b) Funds  are  allocated  work  wise  and  not  division  wise. ` 886.74 crore  has  been  allocated  to  NFR  during  2020-21  and  up  to  July,  2020 ` 54.35 crore have been spent.
- (c) The  details  of  ongoing  Railway  Electrification  projects  (as  on 01.04.2020) are as under:

|   SN | Section                                                                        |   RKM |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|    1 | Barauni-Katihar-Guwahati including Katihar- Barsoi                             |   413 |
|    2 | Guwahati-Dibrugarh via Tinsukia and Simaluguri-Dibrugarh                       |   661 |
|    3 | Raninagar-Jalpaiguri-Samuktala Road - 2nd line                                 |   129 |
|    4 | New Bongaigaon-Goalpara-Kamakhya                                               |   175 |
|    5 | Chaparmukh-Silghat Town including SenchoaJn-Mairabari                          |   130 |
|    6 | Lumding-Badarpur single line                                                   |   172 |
|    7 | Mariani-Jorhat town-Furkating&TinsukiaJn- Makum-Tirap&Makum-Dangri single line |   174 |
|    8 | Harmuty - Murkongselek including branch line                                   |   230 |
|    9 | Rangiya Jn.- Rangapara- Harmuty-Naharlagun including branch lines              |   339 |

| SN   | Section                                                                                                                                                                                                             | RKM   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
| 10   | Badarpur-Silchar including Arunachal- Jiribam&Katkhal-Bhairabi&Badarpur- Karimganj-Agartala-Sabroom-including Agartala-Akhaura&Karimganj-Mahishashan single line                                                    | 590   |
| 11   | Katihar - Jogbani single line                                                                                                                                                                                       | 109   |
| 12   | Aluabari-Siliguri via Baghdogra                                                                                                                                                                                     | 76    |
| 13   | Katihar-Teznarayanpur, Barsoi- Radhikapur&Eklakhi-Balurghat single line                                                                                                                                             | 176   |
| 14   | Raninagar- Haldibari single line                                                                                                                                                                                    | 34    |
| 15   | New Jalpaigudi-New Mal Jn-Alipurduar- Samuktala and Alipurduar-New Coochbehar including New Mal Jn- Changrabandha, New Changrabandha- New Coochbehar, New Coochbehar - Bamanhat, New Coochbehar - Fakiragram-Dhubri | 506   |
|      | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 3,914 |

All these projects are under different stages of project planning/execution and are planned for commissioning by December, 2023 in phased manner.

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