Lok Sabha Question No. 2077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-03
Subject: Electrification of Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2077 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2015

## ELECTRIFICATION OF RAIL LINE

†2077.  SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    the total length of railway lines in the country at present  along with  the  length  of  electrified  railway  lines  as  well  as  their percentage to total length, State /Zone-wise;
- (b)      whether  the  Railways  have  received  proposals  from  various States including Madhya Pradesh for doubling and electrification of railway lines; and
- (c)     if so, the details thereof along with the present status?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (c):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARTED  QUESTION  NO.2077  BY  SHRI  ANOOP  MISHRA  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.08.2015 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF RAIL LINE.

(a):    State/Zone-wise  details  of  total  length  of  railway  lines  in  the country along with the length of electrified  lines  upto  31.03.2015  as well as their percentage to total length are as under: a (i)  State-wise:

|   S. No. | State            |   Total Route Kilometres |   Route Kilometres Electrified | Percentage Electrified (%)   |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | 3593             |                     2487 |                          69.22 |                              |
|        2 | Bihar            |                     3639 |                           1416 | 38.91                        |
|        3 | Chattisgarh      |                     1197 |                            861 | 71.93                        |
|        4 | Delhi            |                      183 |                            139 | 75.96                        |
|        5 | Gujarat          |                     5259 |                            785 | 14.93                        |
|        6 | Haryana          |                     1630 |                            444 | 27.24                        |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh |                      296 |                             15 | 5.07                         |
|        8 | Jammu & Kashmir  |                      273 |                            163 | 59.71                        |
|        9 | Jharkhand        |                     2182 |                           1667 | 76.40                        |
|       10 | Karnataka        |                     3281 |                            483 | 14.72                        |
|       11 | Kerala           |                     1050 |                            873 | 83.14                        |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh   |                     4976 |                           2442 | 49.07                        |
|       13 | Maharashtra      |                     5725 |                           2543 | 44.42                        |
|       14 | Odisha           |                     2516 |                           1641 | 65.22                        |

Contd….2/-

| S. No.   | State         |   Total Route Kilometres |   Route Kilometres Elec |   Percentage Electrified (%) |
|----------|---------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
| 15       | Punjab        |                     2270 |                     615 |                        27.09 |
| 16       | Pondicherry   |                       22 |                      11 |                        50.00 |
| 17       | Rajasthan     |                     5871 |                     795 |                        13.54 |
| 18       | Telengana     |                     1753 |                     794 |                        45.29 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu    |                     4027 |                    1741 |                        43.23 |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh |                     8919 |                    3703 |                        41.52 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand   |                      345 |                     101 |                        29.28 |
| 22       | West Bengal   |                     4070 |                    2550 |                        62.65 |
| 23       | Other States  |                     2731 |                       0 |                         0.00 |
|          | Total         |                    65808 |                   26269 |                        39.92 |

## a (ii)  Zone-wise:

|   S. No. | Zonal Railway      |   Total Route Kilometres |   Route Kilometres Electrified |   Percentage Electrified (%) |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Central            |                     4041 |                           2296 |                        56.82 |
|        2 | Eastern            |                     2642 |                           1649 |                        62.41 |
|        3 | East Central       |                     3708 |                           1949 |                        52.56 |
|        4 | East Coast         |                     2679 |                           1807 |                        67.45 |
|        5 | Northern           |                     7197 |                           2768 |                        38.46 |
|        6 | North Central      |                     3216 |                           1831 |                        56.92 |
|        7 | North Eastern      |                     3832 |                            575 |                        15.01 |
|        8 | Northeast Frontier |                     3983 |                            342 |                         8.59 |
|        9 | North Western      |                     5526 |                             87 |                         1.57 |

Contd….3/-

(b) & (c):   Details of proposals from various  States including Madhya Pradesh for doubling and electrification of railway lines are as under:

| S. No.   | Zonal Railway      |   Total Route Kilometres |   Route Kilometres Electrified |   Percentage Electrified (%) |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 10       | Southern           |                     5078 |                           2816 |                        55.45 |
| 11       | South Central      |                     5919 |                           2615 |                        44.18 |
| 12       | South Eastern      |                     2716 |                           2246 |                        82.70 |
| 13       | South east Central |                     2489 |                           1368 |                        54.96 |
| 14       | South Western      |                     3322 |                            524 |                        15.77 |
| 15       | Western            |                     6440 |                           1607 |                        24.95 |
| 16       | West Central       |                     2992 |                           1761 |                        58.85 |
| 17       | Metro Railway      |                       28 |                             28 |                       100.00 |
|          | Total              |                    65808 |                          26269 |                        39.92 |

## (i)  For Doubling of Railway lines:

Representations, both formal as well as informal, from various organizations,  users,  elected  representatives  etc.  are  received  from time to time at various levels in Railways including Divisional Headquarters, Zonal Headquarters and Railway Board.  A centralized compendium of such representations is not maintained.   However, no proposal  for  doubling  of  rail  lines  has  been  received  in  recent  past from the State Government of Madhya Pradesh.

## (ii) For Electrification of Railway lines:

No proposal has been recently received from the State Governments  of  Madhya  Pradesh  for  electrification  of  railway  lines. However,  the  following  proposals  for  electrification  of  Rail  Routes have  been  received  from  various  other  State  Governments  and  their present status is as under:-

|   S. No. | Name of the proposed section(s) for electrification     | State Govern ment   | Status/ Action taken                                                                                                        |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1. | Delhi-Rohtak                                            | Haryana             | Completed and electric traction has been introduced.                                                                        |
|       2. | Trivendrum- Kanyakumari                                 | Kerala              | Completed and electric traction has been introduced.                                                                        |
|       3. | Koraput- Damanjodi -Rayagada                            | Odisha              | Koraput-Damanjodi rail line has already been electrified. Damanjodi- Rayagada is a sanctioned Railway Electrification work. |
|       4. | Shoranur-Mangalore                                      | Kerala              | This is a sanctioned Railway Electrification work.                                                                          |
|       5. | Titlagarh- Sambalpur- Jharsaguda and Talcher- Sambalpur | Odisha              | Electrification of both sections have been sanctioned.                                                                      |
|       6. | Haridaspur- Paradeep                                    | Odisha              | Electrification work is sanctioned as part of 'New Line'.                                                                   |
|       7. | Laksar-Dehradun                                         | Uttara khand        | This is a sanctioned Railway Electrification work.                                                                          |
|       8. | Kollam-Punalur                                          | Kerala              | At present, not feasible due to operational considerations.                                                                 |
|       9. | Shoranur-Nilambur                                       | Kerala              | At present, not feasible due to operational considerations.                                                                 |

Contd….5/-

|   S. No. | Name of the proposed section(s) for electrification            | State Govern ment   | Status/ Action taken                                                                                                                           |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      10. | Ernakulam South - Cochin Harbour Terminus                      | Kerala              | At present, not feasible due to operational considerations.                                                                                    |
|      11. | Panvel-Pen-Roha & Pen- Alibaug                                 | Maha rashtra        | Panvel-Pen section has been included in Railway Budget 2015-16.                                                                                |
|       12 | Guwahati-Dibrugarh                                             | Assam               | At present, not feasible on operational considerations.                                                                                        |
|       13 | Bongaigaon- Kamakhya                                           | Assam               | At present, not feasible on operational considerations.                                                                                        |
|       13 | Chennai- Kanniyakumari                                         | Tamil Nadu          | Completed and electric traction has been introuduced.                                                                                          |
|       14 | Gadag-Solapur                                                  | Karna taka          | Solapur-Hotgi is part of Pune-Wadi- Guntakal electrification project. For Hotgi-Gadag, at present, not feasible on operational considerations. |
|       15 | Jind-Panipat, Narwana- Kurukshetra and Rohtak- Gohana- Panipat | Har yana            | At present, not feasible on operational considerations.                                                                                        |
|       16 | Ahmedabad- Viramgam-Rajkot                                     | Gujarat             | It has been included in Railway Budget 2015-16.                                                                                                |
|       17 | Mehsana- Viramgam- Samakhiyali                                 | Gujarat             | It has been included in Railway Budget 2015-16.                                                                                                |
|       18 | Surendranagar - Pipavav Port                                   | Gujarat             | Approved under Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).                                                                                                  |
|       19 | Gandhidham-Kandla- Mundra Port                                 | Gujarat             | Approved under Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).                                                                                                  |
|       20 | Palanpur-Bhildi- Samakhiyali- Gandhidham                       | Gujarat             | Approved under Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).                                                                                                  |

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