Lok Sabha Question No. 4263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-26
Subject: Electrification Project in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Benny Behanan, Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4263

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2025

## ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT IN RAILWAYS

## 4263.  DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  status  of  the  100  per  cent  electrification  of railway tracks under the National Electrification Project including the percentage  of  tracks  already  electrified,  State-wise  particularly  in 2024-25;
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised for this project particularly for Tamil Nadu;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  environmental  benefits  expected  from  the  full electrification  of  railways,  particularly  in  terms  of  reducing  carbon emissions and reliance on fossil fuels;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  impact  of  full  electrification  on  operational efficiency, including reduction in fuel costs, travel time and improvement in train speeds;
- (e) the challenges faced during the implementation of the electrification  project,  particularly  in  remote  or  difficult  terrains  and the steps being taken to overcome them; and
- (f)  the  timeline  for  the  completion  of  the  100  per  cent electrification project across the Indian Railways network?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (f) Currently, about 98% of the Indian Railways' (IR) Broad Gauge (BG)  network  has  been  electrified  and  balance  sections  have  been taken up. Significant progress has been made in railway electrification

in recent years, a comparison of electrification before and after 2014 is as follows:

| Period                       | Route Kilometer   |
|------------------------------|-------------------|
| Before 2014 (about 60 years) | 21,801            |
| 2014-25 (upto Feb, 25)       | 45,922            |

State wise percentage of tracks already electrified till date are as under:

|   SN | STATE            | % Electrified   |
|------|------------------|-----------------|
|    1 | Andhra Pradesh   | 100%            |
|    2 | Arunachal 100%   |                 |
|    3 | Pradesh Bihar    | 100%            |
|    4 | Chandigarh 100%  |                 |
|    5 | Chhattisgarh     | 100%            |
|    6 | Delhi            | 100%            |
|    7 | Haryana          | 100%            |
|    8 | Himachal Pradesh | 100%            |
|    9 | J&K              | 100%            |
|   10 | Jharkhand        | 100%            |
|   11 | Kerala           | 100%            |
|   12 | Madhya Pradesh   | 100%            |
|   13 | Maharashtra      | 100%            |
|   14 | Meghalaya        | 100%            |
|   15 | Nagaland         | 100%            |

| SN            | STATE       | % Electrified   |
|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
| 16 Odisha     |             |                 |
| 17 Puducherry |             |                 |
| 18 Punjab     |             | 100%            |
| 19 Telangana  |             | 100%            |
| 20 Uttar      | Pradesh     | 100%            |
| 21            | Uttarakhand | 100%            |
| 22 Tripura    |             | 100%            |
| 23 West       | Bengal      | 100%            |
| 24 Rajasthan  |             | 98%             |
| 25 Gujarat    |             | 97%             |
| 26 Karnataka  |             | 96%             |
| 27 Tamil      | Nadu        | 96%             |
| 28 Goa        | 88%         | 88%             |
| 29 Assam      |             | 79%             |

About 96% electrification work of the railway lines situated in Tamil Nadu  has  been  completed.  The  electrification  work  in  the  balance sections  situated  in  Tamil  Nadu  has  been  taken  up  at  a  cost  of Rs. 444 crore.

CO2 emissions in transportation by railways as compared to transportation by road is as under:

| Mode of             | CO2 emission for transportation of 1 tonne for   |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Transportation Road | 1 km                                             |
|                     | 101 gm                                           |
| Rail                | 11.5 gm (about 89% less)                         |

Further,  electrification  of  railway  tracks  reduces  dependency  on  fossil fuels, decreased diesel consumption resulting in lower carbon emission. Electrification enables better haulage capacity and higher train speeds, leading to reduced travel time and enhanced efficiency. IR has witnessed reduction  in  fuel  consumption  for  traction  purpose  by  136  crore  liters during 2023-24 as compared to 2018-19.

Mission 100% Electrification is a highly challenging project, as it involves electrifying railway lines that are already in operation and encountering unforeseen  various  challenges  during  execution.  To  expedite  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  constraints  being  faced  during  commissioning, ensuring  effective  project  monitoring  mechanism,  assured  funding  and enhanced financial powers to field units.

The  completion  of  Electrification  project(s)  depends  on  various  factors like  forest  clearances  by  officials  of  forest  department,  shifting  of infringing utilities, statutory clearances from various authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law & order situation in the  area  of  project(s)  site,  number  of  working  months  in  a  year  for particular  project  site  due  to  climatic  conditions  etc.  All  these  factors affect the completion time of the project(s)

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