Ministry of Railways
Railway Electrification Gains Momentum: 100% Network Electrified in 22 out of 29 States/UT, Work Progressing Rapidly in the Remaining 7 States
136 Crore Liters Reduction in Traction Fuel Consumption from 2018-19 to 2023-24
Posted On:
26 MAR 2025 8:13PM by PIB Delhi
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
|
|
SN
|
STATE
|
% Electrified
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
100%
|
|
16
|
Odisha
|
100%
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
100%
|
|
17
|
Puducherry
|
100%
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
100%
|
|
18
|
Punjab
|
100%
|
|
4
|
Chandigarh
|
100%
|
|
19
|
Telangana
|
100%
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
100%
|
|
20
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
100%
|
|
6
|
Delhi
|
100%
|
|
21
|
Uttarakhand
|
100%
|
|
7
|
Haryana
|
100%
|
|
22
|
Tripura
|
100%
|
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
100%
|
|
23
|
West Bengal
|
100%
|
|
9
|
J&K
|
100%
|
|
24
|
Rajasthan
|
98%
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
100%
|
|
25
|
Gujarat
|
97%
|
|
11
|
Kerala
|
100%
|
|
26
|
Karnataka
|
96%
|
|
12
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
100%
|
|
27
|
Tamil Nadu
|
96%
|
|
13
|
Maharashtra
|
100%
|
|
28
|
Goa
|
88%
|
|
14
|
Meghalaya
|
100%
|
|
29
|
Assam
|
79%
|
|
15
|
Nagaland
|
100%
|
|
|
|
|
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 Transportation
|
CO2 emission for transportation of 1 tone for 1 km
|
|
Road
|
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).
This information was given by the Union Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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