Lok Sabha Question No. 177 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-03
Subject: Electrification of Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat, Kaushal Kishore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.177 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.07.2019

## ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES

- *177. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT: SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  take  up  electrification  of railway lines in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  the  electrification  of  railway  lines  being  taken  up passing  through  Kurnool  district  of  Andhra  Pradesh  along  with  the quantum of funds estimated to be spent thereon;
- (d) the details of steps being taken by the Government to achieve/ensure the expeditious completion of electrification in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, particularly Chennai-Kanyakumari railway line; and
- (e) the quantum of funds estimated to be spent on the electrification of all railway lines in the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (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  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  177  BY  SHRI  UPENDRA  SINGH  RAWAT  AND  SHRI  KAUSHAL KISHORE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  03.07.2019  REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES

- (a)    Yes, Sir. Ministry  of  Railways  has  planned  to  electrify  balance  Broad Gauge  (BG)  routes  of  Indian  Railways,  keeping  in  view  the  advantages  of electrification and to achieve seamless operation on electric traction over entire Broad Gauge network.

(b)  &  (e)  State-wise  balance  BG  rail  routes  as  on  01.04.2019,  planned  for electrification with estimated expenditure are given below:-

| S. No.              | STATE             | Balance Route Kilometers planned for electrification   |   Estimated Expenditure ` in Crore |
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh    | 819               |                                                        |                             767.55 |
| 2                   | Arunachal Pradesh | 11                                                     |                              10.31 |
| 3                   | Assam             | 2465                                                   |                            2310.14 |
| 4                   | Bihar             | 1052                                                   |                             985.91 |
| 5 Chandigarh        | 0                 |                                                        |                               0    |
| 6 Chattisgarh       |                   | 186                                                    |                             174.31 |
| 7                   | Delhi             | 0                                                      |                               0    |
| 8                   | Goa               | 188                                                    |                             176.19 |
| 9 Gujarat           | 2567              |                                                        |                            2405.73 |
| 10 Haryana          |                   | 299                                                    |                             280.22 |
| 11 Himachal Pradesh | 0                 |                                                        |                               0    |
| 12 Jammu &Kashmir   | 135               |                                                        |                             126.52 |
| 13 Jharkhand        |                   | 660                                                    |                             618.54 |
| 14 Karnataka        | 3105              |                                                        |                            2909.93 |
| 15 Kerala           |                   | 190                                                    |                             178.06 |
| 16 Madhya           | Pradesh           | 1278                                                   |                            1197.71 |
| 17                  | Maharashtra       | 2446                                                   |                            2292.33 |

| S. No.   | STATE         | Balance Route Kilometers planned for electrification   | Estimated Expenditure ` in Crore   |
|----------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 18       | Manipur 13    |                                                        | 12.18                              |
| 19       | Meghalaya     | 9                                                      | 8.43                               |
| 20       | Mizoram       | 2                                                      | 1.87                               |
| 21       | Nagaland      | 11                                                     | 10.31                              |
| 22       | Odisha        | 242                                                    | 226.80                             |
| 23       | Puducherry    | 11                                                     | 10.31                              |
| 24       | Punjab        | 1331                                                   | 1247.38                            |
| 25       | Rajasthan     | 3796                                                   | 3557.51                            |
| 26       | Sikkim        | 0                                                      | 0.00                               |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu    | 1552                                                   | 1454.49                            |
| 28       | Telengana     | 497                                                    | 465.78                             |
| 29       | Tripura       | 216                                                    | 202.43                             |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh | 4380                                                   | 4104.82                            |
| 31       | Uttarakhand   | 200                                                    | 187.43                             |
| 32       | West Bengal   | 1149                                                   | 1076.81                            |
|          | Total         | 28,810                                                 | 27,000                             |

- (c) Details  of  un-electrified  railway  lines  passing  through  Kurnool  District, being taken up for electrification are as under:-
- (i) Gadwal-Kurnool  City-Dhone  railway  line:  It  is  part  of  Manmad-MudkhedDhone electrification project, sanctioned at a cost of ` 664.50 crore.
- (ii) Nandyal-Sanjamala-Yerraguntla railway line: Electrification of this section has been sanctioned at a cost of ` 111.48 crore.

- (d)     In the State of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, the electrification works are in progress for 2,446 and 1,552 BG Route Kilometers respectively.

To expedite electrification of railway lines in the country, including States of  Maharashtra  and  Tamil  Nadu,  steps  taken  include  award  of  Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts, better project monitoring mechanism, delegation of more power to field units for award of contracts/sanction of estimates and close monitoring at highest level.

Chennai - Kanniyakumari rail route (via Villupuram & Tiruchchirappalli) has already been electrified.

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