Ministry of Railways
Identification Of Routes For Electrification Of Railway Tracks
Posted On:
15 DEC 2017 5:06PM by PIB Delhi
Indian Railways have prepared an Action Plan to electrify 38000 Route Kilometers in five years (2017-18 to 2021-22) for 100% electrification of its Broad Gauge (BG) rail routes. Year wise details are as under:-
|
Year
|
Route Kilometer targeted for commissioning on electric traction.
|
|
2017-18
|
4000
|
|
2018-19
|
6000
|
|
2019-20
|
7000
|
|
2020-21
|
10500
|
|
2021-22
|
10500
|
|
Total
|
38000
|
Railway Electrification projects are not confined to State boundaries. State-wise route kilometers of railway lines identified for electrification and planned for inclusion in Budget 2018-19 are as under:-
|
SNo.
|
STATE
|
TOTAL ROUTE KILOMETERS IDENTIFIED FOR ELECTRIFICATION
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
385
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
1448
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
12
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
566
|
|
5
|
Chattisgarh
|
76
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
1088
|
|
7
|
Haryana
|
116
|
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
40
|
|
9
|
Jharkhand
|
293
|
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
1051
|
|
11
|
Kerala
|
150
|
|
12
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
416
|
|
13
|
Maharashtra
|
615
|
|
14
|
Mizoram
|
02
|
|
15
|
Odisha
|
583
|
|
16
|
Punjab
|
964
|
|
17
|
Rajasthan
|
1991
|
|
18
|
Telangana
|
301
|
|
19
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1016
|
|
20
|
Tripura
|
267
|
|
21
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
1308
|
|
22
|
Uttarakhand
|
185
|
|
23
|
West Bengal
|
802
|
|
|
Total
|
13675
|
To achieve 100% electrification of Broad Gauge (BG) rail routes, pace of electrification has been increased from present average of 1700 route kilometer per Annum to 4000 Route Kilometer/Annum which will further be increased to 6000 Route Kilometers in 2018-19.
Further, to expedite electrification of railway lines in the country, various steps have been taken, which inter-alia include award of Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) 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 ad Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.
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 15.12.2017 (Friday).
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