Lok Sabha Question No. 940 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Railway Electrification
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Adala Prabhakara Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 940 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2023

## RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION

940. SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of progress made  with respect to the railway electrification in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of constraints faced in this regard;
- (c) the measures being taken for timely completion of the same; and
- (d) the details of proposed measures to be taken to ensure attainment and completion of the annual targets?

## 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 UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  940  BY  SHRI  ADALA  PRABHAKARA REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 26.07.2023 REGARDING RAILWAY ELECTIFICAITON

(a)  to  (d)  As  on  30.06.2023,  59,096  Route  kilometers  (RKM)  of  Broad Gauge network of  Indian  Railways  (IR)  have  been  electrified.  Out  of which,  37,011  RKM  have  been  electrified  during  the  past  nine  years only. State/UT wise details of electrification are as under:

|   SN | STATE/UT            | Electrified BG RKM as on 30.06.2023   |
|------|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|    1 | Chandigarh          | 16                                    |
|    2 | Chhattisgarh        | 1,199                                 |
|    3 | Delhi               | 183                                   |
|    4 | Haryana             | 1,701                                 |
|    5 | Himachal Pradesh 67 |                                       |
|    6 | J&K                 | 298                                   |
|    7 | Jharkhand           | 2,558                                 |
|    8 | Madhya Pradesh      | 4,822                                 |
|    9 | Meghalaya           | 9                                     |
|   10 | Odisha              | 2,822                                 |
|   11 | Puducherry          | 21                                    |
|   12 | Telangana           | 1,858                                 |
|   13 | Uttar Pradesh       | 8,482                                 |
|   14 | Uttarakhand         | 347                                   |
|   15 | Bihar               | 3,614                                 |
|   16 | Andhra Pradesh      | 3,841                                 |
|   17 | Tamil Nadu          | 3,659                                 |
|   18 | Maharashtra         | 5,441                                 |
|   19 | West Bengal         | 3,682                                 |
|   20 | Kerala              | 947                                   |
|   21 | Gujarat             | 3,435                                 |
|   22 | Punjab              | 1,915                                 |
|   23 | Rajasthan           | 4,387                                 |
|   24 | Goa                 | 147                                   |
|   25 | Karnataka           | 2,844                                 |
|   26 | Assam               | 801                                   |

| SN   | STATE/UT     | Electrified BG RKM as on 30.06.2023   |
|------|--------------|---------------------------------------|
| 27   | -            | Arunachal Pradesh                     |
| 28   | -            | Manipur                               |
| 29   | -            | Mizoram                               |
| 30   | Nagaland -   |                                       |
| 31   | Tripura -    |                                       |
|      | Total 59,096 | Total 59,096                          |

Sometimes, there is some delay in getting statutory clearances required for execution of electrification works.

For  timely  completion  of  railway  electrification  work,  various steps  have  been  taken  by  Indian  Railways  which  include  among others; formation of Project Monitoring Group (PMG) portal to resolve the  constraint  being  faced  during  commissioning,  creation  of  'Gati Shakti Directorate' in Railway Board for smooth & speedy approval of projects at Railway Board level and ensuring effective project monitoring  mechanism.  In  addition,  large  size  projects  are  being executed in 'Engineering Procurement and Construction' (EPC) contract mode, assured funding is being arranged and financial powers are  decentralized   to  field  units  to  expedite  the  project  execution  & completion.

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