Lok Sabha Question No. 517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Railway Electrification
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Umesh G. Jadhav, Nalin Kumar Kateel, Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 517

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2023

## RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION

517.  SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of railway electrification and doubling of lines in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the number of kilometres of railway electrification achieved since 2014 and the existing length of electrification in the country pre-2014;
- (c)  the  timeline  likely  to  be  taken to  complete the remaining railway electrification;
- (d) the total cost spent so far, year-wise, for completing the electrification works; and
- (e)  the  long-term  impact  to  be  achieved  by  the  country  in  terms  of environmental and financial savings from railway electrification?

## 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. 517 BY SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA, DR. UMESH G. JADHAV, SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL AND SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.12.2023 REGARDING RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION

## (a) The present status of Railway Electrification as on 31.10.2023 is as under:

| SN    | STATE            | Electrified BG RKM as on 31.10.2023   |
|-------|------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1     | Uttar Pradesh    | 8,516                                 |
| 2     | Madhya Pradesh   | 4,857                                 |
| 3     | Odisha           | 2,849                                 |
| 4     | Jharkhand        | 2,558                                 |
| 5     | Telangana        | 1,923                                 |
| 6     | Haryana          | 1,701                                 |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh     | 1,199                                 |
| 8     | Uttarakhand      | 347                                   |
| 9     | J&K 298          |                                       |
| 10    | Delhi            | 183                                   |
| 11    | Himachal Pradesh | 67                                    |
| 12 13 | Puducherry       | 21 16                                 |
|       | Chandigarh       |                                       |
| 14    | Meghalaya        | 9                                     |
| 15    | Bihar            | 3,625                                 |
| 16    | Andhra Pradesh   | 3,841                                 |
| 17    | Maharashtra      | 5,561                                 |
| 18    | Tamil Nadu       | 3,659                                 |
| 19    | West Bengal      | 3,771                                 |
| 20    | Kerala           | 947                                   |
| 21    | Gujarat          | 3,445                                 |
| 22    | Rajasthan        | 4,988                                 |
| 23    | Punjab           | 1,992                                 |
| 24    | Karnataka        | 3,060                                 |
| 25    | Goa              | 147                                   |
| 26    | Assam            | 871                                   |

The Railway projects are sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway-wise and not  State-wise  as  the  Railways'  projects  may  span  across  state boundaries.  As  on  01.04.2023,  across  Indian  Railway,  231  Doubling projects of total length 20,296 km,  costing approx. ` 2.70  lakh  crore are  in  planning/approval/construction  stage,  out  of  which  5,455  km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. ` 1.03 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2023.

- (b) 38,650 km length of railway electrification has been achieved since 2014 till 31.10.2023. 21,801 km of railway electrification was achieved pre-2014.
- (c)  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).  As  such  the  confirmed time frame for completion of project(s) cannot be ascertained at this stage.
- (d) The amount spent on Railway Electrification projects since 2014 is as under:

| Year    | Expenditure ( ` in cr)   |
|---------|--------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 1391                     |
| 2015-16 | 2291                     |
| 2016-17 | 2956                     |
| 2017-18 | 3837                     |
| 2018-19 | 5955                     |
| 2019-20 | 7145                     |
| 2020-21 | 6141                     |
| 2021-22 | 6972                     |
| 2022-23 | 6658                     |
| 2023-24 | (Upto Oct, 2023) 3534    |

- (e) The long term impact of Railway Electrification to the nation are:
- i. Clean and Green mode of transport.
- ii. Better haulage capacity.
- iii. Better line haul cost.
- iv. Reduction in carbon emission.
- v. Saving in precious foreign exchange for crude oil.

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