Lok Sabha Question No. 1577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Electrification of Railway Tracks
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1577 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2021

## ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY TRACKS

1577. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  plans  to  electrify  all  railways  lines  by 2024 and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  the  length  of  the  entire  railway  network  in  the  country  and  the length  that  the  Government  proposes  to  add  during  the  next  three years;

(c)  the  details,  including  location  and  length  of  railway  tracks  that have already been electrified and that are yet to be electrified; and

(d) the estimated cost of electrifying all railway tracks by 2024?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

******

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1577  BY  DR.  NISHIKANT  DUBEY  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2021 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY TRACKS

- (a) Indian Railways (IR) has decided to undertake electrification of Broad Gauge  (BG)  Railway  lines  on  mission  mode.  Significant  progress  has already been made in this regard and IR is electrifying all BG rail lines expeditiously.
- (b) As on 01.04.2020, total length of entire Indian Railways' network (all Gauges) is 67,956 Route kilometer.

As on 01.04.2021, 484 Railway projects of 51,165 km  length, costing approx. ` 7.54 lakh crore are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution,  out  of  which  10,638  km  length  has  been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 2,13,815 crore has been incurred upto March, 2021. These include:-

- (i) 187  New  line  projects  of  21,037  km  length,  costing ` 4,04,986 crore, out of which commissioning of 2,621 km length has been achieved and expenditure of ` 1,05,591 crore has been incurred upto March, 2021.
- (ii) 46  Gauge  Conversion  projects  of  6,213  km  length,  costing ` 53,171 crore, out of which commissioning of 3,587 km length has  been  achieved  and  expenditure  of ` 22,184  crore  has  been incurred upto March, 2021.
- (iii) 251  Doubling  projects  of  23,915  km  length,  costing ` 2,96,186 crore, out of which commissioning of 4,430 km length has been achieved  and  expenditure  of ` 86,041  crore  has  been  incurred upto March, 2021.

Completion  of  a  Railway  project(s)  depends  on  various  factors  like expeditious  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest  clearance  by officials  of  forest  department,  shifting  of  infringing  utilities,  statutory clearances from various authorities, geological and topographical conditions  of  area,  law  and  order  situation  in  the  area  of  project  site, number  of  working  months  in  a  year  for  particular  project  site  due  to climatic conditions etc. and all these factors affect the completion time.

## (c)  Zone-wise  total  BG  Route  kilometers  (RKM),  electrified  BG  RKM  & balance BG RKM to be electrified  as on 31.03.2021 is as under:-

| SN   | RAILWAY            | Total Broad Gauge (BG) Route Km   | Electrified BG Route Km   | Balance BG Route Km to be electrified   |
|------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1    | Central            | 3,853                             | 3,336                     | 517                                     |
| 2    | East Coast         | 2,800                             | 2,791                     | 9                                       |
| 3    | East central       | 4,008                             | 3,540                     | 468                                     |
| 4    | Eastern            | 2,820                             | 2,490                     | 330                                     |
| 5    | North Central      | 3,222                             | 2,707                     | 515                                     |
| 6    | North Eastern      | 3,102                             | 2,299                     | 803                                     |
| 7    | Northeast Frontier | 4,152                             | 652                       | 3,500                                   |
| 8    | Northern           | 7,062                             | 5,512                     | 1,550                                   |
| 9    | North Western      | 5,248                             | 2,186                     | 3,062                                   |
| 10   | South Central      | 6,206                             | 4,145                     | 2,061                                   |
| 11   | South East Central | 2,348                             | 2,120                     | 228                                     |
| 12   | South Eastern      | 2,713                             | 2,661                     | 52                                      |
| 13   | Southern           | 4,914                             | 3,570                     | 1,344                                   |
| 14   | South Western      | 3,578                             | 1,208                     | 2,370                                   |
| 15   | West Central       | 3,011                             | 3,011                     | 0                                       |
| 16   | Western            | 4,885                             | 3,183                     | 1,702                                   |
| 17   | Kolkata Metro      | 27                                | 27                        | 0                                       |
| 18   | Konkan             | 740                               | 443                       | 297                                     |
|      | TOTAL              | 64,689                            | 45,881                    | 18,808                                  |

- (d) About ` 21,000 crores are estimated to be incurred on electrification of balance Broad Gauge routes of Indian Railways.

*******