Indian Railways have prepared an Action Plan to electrify 24400 route kilometers   in five years (2016-17 to 2020-21).   Year-wise details are as under:-

Year	Route Kilometres to be electrified
2016-17	2000
2017-18	4000
2018-19	6000
2019-20	6200
2020-21	6200
Total	24400

 

                5186 route kilometres of railway lines have been electrified during the last three years (i.e. 2014-15 to 2016-17).  Year-wise details are as under:-

Year	Route Kilometres of Railway Lines electrified
2014-15	1375
2015-16	1730
2016-17	2013
Total	5118

 

During the last three years (2014-2017) and for 2017-18, total number of 93 railway electrification projects consisting 16815 route kilometer (RKM) at an estimated cost of  Rs.17165 crore have been included in Railway Budget and pace of electrification has been increased from present average of 1700 RKM/annum to  4000 RKM in 2017-18.

Further, to expedite electrification of railway lines in the country, various steps have been taken, which inter-alia include award of turn-key contracts, better project monitoring mechanism,  enhancing power of field units for award of contracts including sanction of estimates and increasing the number of executing  agencies from existing three to six by entrusting electrification works to new agencies viz. Indian Railway Construction Company, Rail India Technical and Economic Services and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.

            To reduce dependence on fossil fuels, Indian Railways have planned to source about 1000 Mega Watt (MW) Solar Power as a part of the Solar Mission of Railways and about 200 MW of power from wind mill power plants based on techno commercial assessments.

   This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 07.04.2017 (Friday).

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