Lok Sabha Question No. 42 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Track Electrification Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.42 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## TRACK ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS

- *42. MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways proposes to fast track railway lines electrification projects in the country in view of rising expenditure on fuel;
- (b) if so, the details and present status of ongoing projects, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the targets achieved so far, State-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken to expedite the projects, State-wise?

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.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 42 BY MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  01.12.2021  REGARDING  TRACK ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS

- (a) Yes, Sir. Indian Railways  (IR)  has  embarked  upon  a  major electrification  program  to  electrify  its  Broad  Gauge  (BG)  network  by December, 2023.
- (b)  Electrification  works  on  balance  BG  routes  of  IR  are  in  progress and  are  under  different  stages  of  planning/execution.  State-wise details of ongoing Railway Electrification projects (as on 01.11.2021) are appended.
- (c) As on 01.04.2021, out of 64,689 BG Route Kilometer (RKM), 45,881 RKM  had  been  electrified.  Targets  of  Railway  Electrification  are decided pan India basis and not State-wise; accordingly, electrification  of  balance  BG  routes  of  IR  is  planned  as  per  the schedule given below:

| Year    | Target (RKM)   |
|---------|----------------|
| 2021-22 | 6,000          |
| 2022-23 | 6,500          |
| 2023-24 | 6,308          |

(d)  To  complete  the  projects  in  time,  various  steps  have  been  taken which includes among  others; award of large size Engineering Procurement  and  Construction  (EPC)  contracts,  assured/committed funds through 'Extra Budgetary Resource (Institutional Finance)' decentralization of powers to field units.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. 42 BY MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 01.12.2021 REGARDING TRACK ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS

## (b) Present Status of Ongoing Electrification Projects (as on 01.11.2021)

|   SN | State                                   | Ongoing Railway Electrification Project                                                                                                                                                                         |   Balance Route Km |
|------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|    1 | ANDHRA PRADESH                          | Vijaywada-Gudivada- Bhimavaram-Narasapur, Gudivada-Machlipatnam and Bhimavaram- Nidadavolu                                                                                                                      |                 78 |
|    2 | ANDHRA PRADESH                          | Nandyal-Yerraguntla                                                                                                                                                                                             |                123 |
|    3 | ANDHRA PRADESH                          | Dharamavaram-Pakala                                                                                                                                                                                             |                161 |
|    4 | ANDHRA PRADESH                          | New Piduguralla-Savalyapuram                                                                                                                                                                                    |                 46 |
|    5 | ANDHRA PRADESH, MAHARASHTRA & TELENGANA | Manmad - Mudkhed - Dhone excl. Umdanagar- Mehboobnagar                                                                                                                                                          |                757 |
|    6 | ASSAM                                   | Guwahati-Dibrugarh via Tinsukia and Simaluguri-Dibrugarh                                                                                                                                                        |                661 |
|    7 | ASSAM                                   | New Bongaigaon-Goalpara-Kamakhya                                                                                                                                                                                |                142 |
|    8 | ASSAM                                   | Chaparmukh-Silghat Town incl. SenchoaJn- Mairabari single line                                                                                                                                                  |                130 |
|    9 | ASSAM                                   | Lumding-Badarpur single line                                                                                                                                                                                    |                172 |
|   10 | ASSAM                                   | Mariani-Jorhat town-Furkating & TinsukiaJn - Makum-Tirap & Makum-Dangri single line                                                                                                                             |                174 |
|   11 | ASSAM                                   | Harmuty - Murkongselek including branch line                                                                                                                                                                    |                230 |
|   12 | ASSAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH               | Rangiya Jn.- Rangapara- Harmuty - Naharlagun including branch lines                                                                                                                                             |                339 |
|   13 | ASSAM & WEST BENGAL                     | New Jalpaigudi-New Mal Jn-Alipurduar- Samuktala and Alipurduar-New Coochbehar incl. New Mal Jn- Changrabandha, New Changrabandha- New Coochbehar, New Coochbehar - Bamanhat, New Coochbehar - Fakiragram-Dhubri |                506 |
|   14 | ASSAM, MIZORAM & TRIPURA                | Badarpur-Silchar incl. Arunachal-Jiribam & Katkhal-Bhairabi & Badarpur-Karimganj- Agartala-Sabroom-incl. Agartala-Akhaura & Karimganj-Mahishashan single line                                                   |                590 |

|   SN | State               | Ongoing Railway Electrification Project                                                                        |   Balance Route Km |
|------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|   15 | BIHAR               | Raxaul-Sitamarhi-Darbhanga-Samastipur                                                                          |                 87 |
|   16 | BIHAR               | Daurammadhepura-Purnia                                                                                         |                 77 |
|   17 | BIHAR               | Hathua-Bathua Bazar-PanchDeori                                                                                 |                 32 |
|   18 | BIHAR               | Katihar - Jogbani single line                                                                                  |                109 |
|   19 | BIHAR               | Ghoswar-Vaishali                                                                                               |                 30 |
|   20 | BIHAR               | Sakri-Tamuria                                                                                                  |                 27 |
|   21 | BIHAR               | Raxaul-Narkatiyaganj                                                                                           |                 42 |
|   22 | BIHAR & JHARKHAND   | Rampurhat-Dumka, Bhagalpur-Dumka incl. Barahat-Banka, Jasidih-Dumka incl. Deoghar- Banka incl. Madhupur-Girdih |                124 |
|   23 | BIHAR & WEST BENGAL | Aluabari-Siliguri via Baghdogra                                                                                |                 76 |
|   24 | BIHAR & WEST BENGAL | Katihar-Teznarayanpur, Barsoi-Radhikapur & Eklakhi-Balurghat single line                                       |                176 |
|   25 | CHHATTISGARH        | Marauda- Dallirajhara                                                                                          |                 24 |
|   26 | GOA                 | Roha-Thokur                                                                                                    |                297 |
|   27 | GOA & KARNATAKA     | Hospet - Hubli - Vasco da Gama                                                                                 |                145 |
|   28 | GUJARAT             | Ahmedabad-Rajkot                                                                                               |                104 |
|   29 | GUJARAT             | Mehsana-Viramgam-Samakhiyali                                                                                   |                225 |
|   30 | GUJARAT             | Samakhiyali-Gandhidham-Kandla Port-Mundra Port                                                                 |                 77 |
|   31 | GUJARAT             | Rajkot-Sikka-Okha                                                                                              |                 74 |
|   32 | GUJARAT             | Wankaner-Dahinsara-Maliya Miyana & Surendranagar-Dhrangandhra & Dahinsara- Navlakhi                            |                101 |
|   33 | GUJARAT             | Palanpur-Samakhiyali                                                                                           |                247 |
|   34 | GUJARAT             | Kanalus-Wansjalia-Porbandar                                                                                    |                103 |
|   35 | GUJARAT             | Rajkot-Jetalsar-Verval-Somnath with Jetalsar- Wansjalia                                                        |                278 |
|   36 | GUJARAT             | Vishvamitri - Pratap Nagar -Chhota Udepur                                                                      |                 35 |
|   37 | GUJARAT             | Nadiad- Modasa                                                                                                 |                105 |
|   38 | GUJARAT             | Adipur- New Bhuj                                                                                               |                 49 |
|   39 | GUJARAT             | Mahesana- Patan-Bildi                                                                                          |                 91 |
|   40 | GUJARAT             | Dhola- Bhavnagar with Sihor Jn.- Palitana & Rajula Road Jn- Mahuva                                             |                119 |
|   41 | GUJARAT             | Sabarmati-Botad                                                                                                |                170 |
|   42 | GUJARAT             | Dhasa-Jetalser                                                                                                 |                104 |
|   43 | GUJARAT & RAJASTHAN | Suratgarh-Phalodi--Bhildi incl. Phalodi- Jaisalmer                                                             |                902 |
|   44 | GUJARAT & RAJASTHAN | Udaipur City - Himmatnagar                                                                                     |                210 |
|   45 | HARYANA             | Sonipat- Gohana- Jind                                                                                          |                 49 |

| SN    | State                                           | Ongoing Railway Electrification Project          | Balance Route Km   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 46    | HARYANA & RAJASTHAN Rewari-Sadulpur-Hanumangarh |                                                  | 75                 |
| 47    | HARYANA &                                       | Hisar-Suratpura                                  | 65                 |
| 48    | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                 | Katra-Banihal-Qazigund-Baramulla                 | 262                |
| 49    | JHARKHAND                                       | Koderma - Hazaribagh - Barkakana - Ranchi        | 37                 |
| 50    | KARNATAKA                                       | Miraj-Londa                                      | 189                |
| 51    | KARNATAKA                                       | Gadag-Hotgi                                      | 159                |
| 52    | KARNATAKA                                       | Chikbanavar-Hubballi                             | 392                |
| 53    | KARNATAKA                                       | Gulbarga-Bidar                                   | 97                 |
| 54    | KARNATAKA                                       | Hospet-Swamihalli                                | 59                 |
| 55    | KARNATAKA                                       | Birur-Talguppa                                   | 161                |
| 56    | KARNATAKA                                       | Mysuru- Hassan-Mangalore incl. Arsikere - Hassan | 347                |
| 57    | KARNATAKA                                       | Mysuru-Chamarajanagar                            | 61                 |
| 58    | KARNATAKA                                       | Kadur-Chikmaglur                                 | 46                 |
| 59    | KARNATAKA                                       | Chikbanavar-Hasan                                | 166                |
| 60    | KARNATAKA                                       | Bangarpet-Yelehanka                              | 149                |
| 61    | KARNATAKA, MAHARASHTRA ParliVaijnath -          | Vikarabad                                        | 224                |
| 62    | KERALA                                          | Shoranur-Nilambur                                | 66                 |
| 63    | KERALA                                          | Kollam-Punalur                                   | 44                 |
| 64    | KERALA & TAMIL NADU                             | Dindigul-Palghat                                 | 179                |
| 65    | MADHYA PRADESH Chhindwara-Nainpur-Mandala       | Fort                                             | 141                |
| 66    | MADHYA PRADESH Mahoba-Udaipura MADHYA           | Chhota Udepur-Dhar                               | 132                |
| 67    | PRADESH                                         |                                                  | 157                |
| 68 69 | MAHARASHTRA Pune-Miraj-Kolhapur                 | Miraj-Kurduwadi-Latur                            | 154                |
|       | MAHARASHTRA                                     |                                                  | 190                |
| 70 71 | MAHARASHTRA                                     | Pune-Wadi-Guntakal                               | 38                 |
|       | MAHARASHTRA                                     | Lonand-Phaltan                                   | 26                 |
| 72    | MAHARASHTRA                                     |                                                  |                    |
|       |                                                 | Purna-Akola                                      | 174                |
| 73    | MAHARASHTRA & TELENGANA                         | Pimpalkutti-Mudkhed & Prarbhani- ParliVaijnath   | 246                |
| 74    | ODISHA                                          | Khurda Road-Balangir                             | 14                 |
| 75    | ODISHA                                          | Tata-Badampahar                                  | 24                 |

|   SN | State              | Ongoing Railway Electrification Project                                                                |   Balance Route Km |
|------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|   77 | PUNJAB             | Bhatinda-Firozpur-Jalandhar City Incl. LohianKhas-Nakodar-Phillaur & Nakodar- Jalandhar                |                301 |
|   78 | PUNJAB             | Ludhiana - Ferozpur City - Hussainiwala including Ferozpur City - Fazilka-Abohar & Kotkapura - Fazilka |                339 |
|   79 | PUNJAB             | Phagwara Jn. -Nawanshahar Doaba-Jaijon Doaba incl. Nawanshahar-Rahon                                   |                 74 |
|   80 | PUNJAB             | Jalandhar City - Hoshiarpur                                                                            |                 38 |
|   81 | PUNJAB             | Verka Jn. - Dera Baba Nanak                                                                            |                 45 |
|   82 | PUNJAB             | TaranTaran - Patti - Khemkaran                                                                         |                 54 |
|   83 | PUNJAB & RAJASTHAN | Bathinda Jn. - Abohar-Sri Ganganagar                                                                   |                125 |
|   84 | RAJASTHAN          | Sadulpur-Ratangarh-Bikaner Lalgarh incl. Ratangarh Sardarshahar                                        |                228 |
|   85 | RAJASTHAN          | Luni-Marwar                                                                                            |                 72 |
|   86 | RAJASTHAN          | Bikaner-Merta-Jodhpur and Merta-Phulera                                                                |                424 |
|   87 | RAJASTHAN          | Degana - Ratangarh                                                                                     |                143 |
|   88 | RAJASTHAN          | Hanumangarh-Sriganganagar-Sarupsar- Suratgarh incl. Sarupsar-Anupgarh                                  |                281 |
|   89 | RAJASTHAN          | Samdari - Barmer-Munabao                                                                               |                250 |
|   90 | RAJASTHAN          | Sikar-Loharu                                                                                           |                122 |
|   91 | RAJASTHAN          | Mavli - Bari Sadri                                                                                     |                 82 |
|   92 | RAJASTHAN          | Dausa-Gangapur city                                                                                    |                 93 |
|   93 | RAJASTHAN          | Madar-Pushkar                                                                                          |                 26 |
|   94 | RAJASTHAN          | Ringas-Sikar-Churu                                                                                     |                140 |
|   95 | RAJASTHAN          | Thiyat Hamira-Sanu incl. Pipar Road-Bilara, Makrana-Parbatsar and Merta Rd-Merta city                  |                136 |
|   96 | TAMIL NADU         | Tiruchchirappalli - Nagapattinam - Karaikkal Port                                                      |                  9 |
|   97 | TAMIL NADU         | Bengaluru-Omalur via Hosur                                                                             |                 76 |
|   98 | TAMIL NADU         | Tiruchchirapalli-Manamadurai-Virudunagar                                                               |                217 |
|   99 | TAMIL NADU         | Salem-Vridachalam-Cuddalore Port                                                                       |                139 |
|  100 | TAMIL NADU         | Virudunagar - Tenkasi Jn                                                                               |                122 |
|  101 | TAMIL NADU         | Sengottai- Tenkasi Jn. - Tirunelveli- Tiruchendur                                                      |                141 |
|  102 | TAMIL NADU         | Madurai - Manamadurai Jn.-Rameswaram                                                                   |                161 |
|  103 | TELENGANA          | Umdanagar (Secunderabad)-Mahabubnagar                                                                  |                 24 |
|  104 | TELENGANA          | Lingempet Jagtiyal-Nizamabad                                                                           |                 45 |
|  105 | TELENGANA          | Gadwal-Raichur                                                                                         |                 57 |
|  106 | UTTAR PRADESH      | Noli-Tapri                                                                                             |                 64 |
|  107 | UTTAR PRADESH      | Bareilly-Chandausi-Harduaganj incl. Chandausi-Moradabad                                                |                 83 |

|   SN | State                      | Ongoing Railway Electrification Project                                                         |   Balance Route Km |
|------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|  108 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Shikohabad-Farrukhabad                                                                          |                158 |
|  109 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Kasganj-Bareilly, Bhojipura-Daliganj                                                            |                133 |
|  110 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj                                                                    |                 57 |
|  111 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Barhan-Etah                                                                                     |                 59 |
|  112 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Gorakhpur-Anand Nagar-Gonda & Anand Nagar-Nautanwa                                              |                181 |
|  113 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Gonda- Bahraich                                                                                 |                 60 |
|  114 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Shahanjahanpur-Pilibhit, Pilibhit-Tanakpur                                                      |                 83 |
|  115 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Akbarpur-Faizabad-Barabanki                                                                     |                161 |
|  116 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Raja Ka Sahaspur-Sambhal Hatim Sarai                                                            |                 23 |
|  117 | UTTAR PRADESH              | Faizabad - Sultanpur-Chilbila                                                                   |                 58 |
|  118 | UTTRAKHAND & UTTAR PRADESH | Moradabad-Kashipur-Ramnagar, Rampur- Lalkua-Kathgodam incl. Lalkua-Kashipur and Bareilly-Lalkua |                290 |
|  119 | WEST BENGAL                | Raninagar- Haldibari                                                                            |                 34 |

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