Lok Sabha Question No. 1834 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Track Electrification
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 1834

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## TRACK ELECTRIFICATION

1834. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  is  on  track  to  achieve  its  aim  of electrification of the entire network by December 2023;
- (b) if so, the details of the length of tracks electrified since 2014, zone-wise and year-wise;
- (c) the details of amount of high-speed diesel consumption by the Railways since 2014, zone-wise and year-wise;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  solar  power  generation  projects  of  the Railways that have  been  completed,  under  construction and sanctioned so far; and
- (e)  the  details  of  the  decarbonising  efforts  of  the  North  East Frontier Railway?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(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 UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1834  BY  SHRI  GAURAV  GOGOI  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  08.12.2021  REGARDING  TRACK ELECTRIFICATION

(a) Yes, Sir. Indian Railways (IR) has embarked upon a major electrification program to electrify its Broad Gauge (BG) network by December, 2023.

(b) Zone wise and year wise details of length of tracks electrified since 2014 is as under:

|                    | Year    | Year    | Year    | Year    | Year    | Year    | Year    |
|--------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| Zone               | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
| Central            | 81      | 192     | 194     | 181     | 223     | 210     | 408     |
| East Coast         | 13      | 136     | 113     | 326     | 425     | 160     | 102     |
| East Central       | 140     | 87      | 133     | 449     | 594     | 373     | 204     |
| Eastern            | 22      |         | 225     | 72      | 263     | 182     | 255     |
| North Central      | 133     |         | 39      | 216     | 338     | 218     | 126     |
| North Eastern      | 226     | 159     | 161     | 166     | 438     | 541     | 561     |
| Northeast Frontier |         |         |         | 113     | 139     | 67      | 333     |
| Northern           | 184     | 527     | 276     | 333     | 907     | 399     | 696     |
| North Western      |         | 72      |         | 530     | 631     | 561     | 385     |
| South Central      |         | 94      | 91      | 609     | 445     | 95      | 401     |
| South East Central |         | 36      |         | 343     | 181     | 117     | 197     |
| South Eastern      |         |         |         | 118     | 42      |         | 244     |
| Southern           | 377     | 173     | 82      | 213     | 196     | 180     | 189     |
| South Western      |         |         | 244     | 96      | 35      | 145     | 477     |
| West Central       |         | 26      | 67      | 177     | 295     | 357     | 515     |
| Western            |         |         | 21      | 145     | 124     | 664     | 588     |
| Konkan Railway     |         |         |         |         |         | 109     | 334     |
| Total              | 1,176   | 1,502   | 1,646   | 4,087   | 5,276   | 4,378   | 6,015   |

## (c) The details of diesel consumption zone-wise and year-wise are as under:

| Diesel Consumption by locomotives (KLs) BG+MG+NG   | Diesel Consumption by locomotives (KLs) BG+MG+NG   | Diesel Consumption by locomotives (KLs) BG+MG+NG   | Diesel Consumption by locomotives (KLs) BG+MG+NG   | Diesel Consumption by locomotives (KLs) BG+MG+NG   | Diesel Consumption by locomotives (KLs) BG+MG+NG   | Diesel Consumption by locomotives (KLs) BG+MG+NG   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|                                                    | 2014-15                                            | 2015-16                                            | 2016-17                                            | 2017-18                                            | 2018-19                                            | 2019-20                                            |
| Central                                            | 165953                                             | 178828                                             | 186958                                             | 189890                                             | 182275                                             | 170424                                             |
| Eastern                                            | 137683                                             | 138539                                             | 131700                                             | 138539                                             | 122080                                             | 108453                                             |
| East Central                                       | 125149                                             | 123927                                             | 123366                                             | 114418                                             | 111541                                             | 82216                                              |
| East Coast                                         | 99438                                              | 109266                                             | 116252                                             | 119339                                             | 118598                                             | 106778                                             |
| Northern                                           | 351874                                             | 347000                                             | 327752                                             | 315051                                             | 318007                                             | 290412                                             |
| North Central                                      | 57440                                              | 58932                                              | 53251                                              | 55446                                              | 60371                                              | 54845                                              |
| North Eastern                                      | 146839                                             | 154432                                             | 153586                                             | 159283                                             | 153078                                             | 133876                                             |
| Northeast Frontier                                 | 177715                                             | 166469                                             | 152139                                             | 147370                                             | 156996                                             | 124093                                             |
| North Western                                      | 227785                                             | 225039                                             | 223144                                             | 219327                                             | 221133                                             | 202367                                             |
| Southern                                           | 194018                                             | 194869                                             | 190385                                             | 178167                                             | 167729                                             | 136107                                             |
| South Central                                      | 304170                                             | 303126                                             | 293104                                             | 287892                                             | 178839                                             | 194803                                             |
| South Eastern                                      | 118842                                             | 116710                                             | 114023                                             | 108046                                             | 105299                                             | 88179                                              |
| South East Central                                 | 65137                                              | 69027                                              | 61191                                              | 58635                                              | 60144                                              | 53500                                              |
| South Western                                      | 204164                                             | 201033                                             | 198525                                             | 197667                                             | 200915                                             | 198258                                             |
| Western                                            | 285125                                             | 290871                                             | 257611                                             | 262923                                             | 261808                                             | 232321                                             |
| West Central                                       | 194853                                             | 196282                                             | 209976                                             | 226438                                             | 222329                                             | 188667                                             |
| Total                                              | 2856185                                            | 2874350                                            | 2792963                                            | 2778431                                            | 2641142                                            | 2365299                                            |

- (d) So far, Indian Railways (IR) has already set up about 128 Mega Watt (MW) of Solar Power Plants (121.47 MW on rooftops and 6.7 MW on land). In order to proliferate  solar  power  on  unused  vacant  Railway  land,  Indian  Railways  has taken up 3 pilot projects:
- (i)  2  MW  solar  plant  at  Diwana  (Haryana)  connected  directly  to  State Transmission Utility (STU) network.
- (ii) 1.7 MW solar plant at Bina (Madhya Pradesh) feeding solar power directly to 25 kilo Volt (kV) Traction System of IR.
- (iii)  50  MW  solar  power  plant  on  vacant  unused  land  at  Bhilai,  connected directly to Central Transmission Utility (CTU) network.

For further proliferation of solar plants on vacant unused Railway land, IR has planned to set up about 1.4 GW of solar plants.

- (e) So far, about 4 MW of rooftop solar plants on Railway stations and service buildings have been provided in Northeast Frontier Railway.

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