Electrification of railway network on Indian Railways (IR) has been taken up in mission mode. So far, about 99.4% of Broad Gauge (BG) network has been electrified. The electrification in remaining network has  been taken up. Electrification carried out during 2014-25 and before 2014 is as under:

Period	Route Kilometer
Before 2014 (about 60 years)	21,801
2014-25	46,900

Zone wise status of electrification is as under:

SN	ZONE	% Electrified
1	Central Railway	100%
2	East Coast Railway	100%
3	East Central Railway	100%
4	Eastern Railway	100%
5	Konkan Railway	100%
6	Kolkata Metro	100%
7	North Central Railway	100%
8	North Eastern Railway	100%
9	Northern Railway	100%
10	South Central Railway	100%
11	South East Central Railway	100%
12	South Eastern Railway	100%
13	West Central Railway	100%
14	Western Railway	100%
15	North Western Railway	99%
16	Northeast Frontier Railway	99%
17	Southern Railway	98%
18	South Western Railway	96%

State/UT wise status of electrification is as under:

SN	STATE	% Electrified		SN	STATE	% Electrified
1	Andhra Pradesh	100%		16	Mizoram	100%
2	Arunachal Pradesh	100%		17	Nagaland	100%
3	Bihar	100%		18	Odisha	100%
4	Chandigarh	100%		19	Puducherry	100%
5	Chhattisgarh	100%		20	Punjab	100%
6	Delhi	100%		21	Telangana	100%
7	Gujarat	100%		22	Tripura	100%
8	Haryana	100%		23	Uttar Pradesh	100%
9	Himachal Pradesh	100%		24	Uttarakhand	100%
10	Jammu & Kashmir	100%		25	West Bengal	100%
11	Jharkhand	100%		26	Rajasthan	99%
12	Kerala	100%		27	Assam	98%
13	Madhya Pradesh	100%		28	Tamil Nadu	97%
14	Maharashtra	100%		29	Karnataka	97%
15	Meghalaya	100%		30	Goa	91%

All new line / multi-tracking projects are being sanctioned and constructed with electrification.

During last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25), expenditure amounting to Rs. 29,826 crore has been done on railway electrification projects including Tamil Nadu.

Since 2023-24, 10,932 Rkm electrification has been done till  Jan’ 2026.

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).

With electrification, there has been reduction in the consumption of diesel on Indian Railways. Indian Railways have been able to save 178 crore litre in Diesel consumption in the year 2024-25 with respect to 2016-17, which is a saving of 62%, thus reducing the import dependency of crude oil.

Amount spent by Indian Railways on total energy consumption for traction during 2024-25 is ₹ 32,378 crores.

Details of the amount spent by Indian Railways on the maintenance of electric and diesel locomotives are available in Annual Statistical Statement of Indian Railways which is available on website of Indian Railways (https://indianrailways.gov.in).

Railways is moving towards electric traction because of the environmental and cost considerations. While tests on bio-diesel have been done, electric traction is far more beneficial than bio-diesel.

Waste  Management

Effective management including disposal of waste generated in trains and Railway stations, catering units and coaches is accorded high priority by Indian Railways for enhanced users’ experience. Various initiatives taken in this regard are as follows:-

• Waste collected inside trains is disposed of at nominated en-route stations, identified for waste disposal.

• On Board Housekeeping Staff are strictly mandated not to throw garbage on tracks and strict penalties are imposed on violation.

• Rag picking is done along railway tracks to maintain cleanliness.

• Plastic Bottle Crushing Machines (PBCMs) are installed at stations as per requirement.

• Provision of two bin type dustbins has been carried out at various stations for segregation of bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste, at source.

• Based on local conditions, feasibility and requirement, tie-ups for waste disposal, have been made between local Railway authorities and municipal bodies. 

• Infrastructure like Sewage treatment plants (STPs), Effluent Treatment plants (ETPs), Material Recovery Facility (MRF) has been installed and commissioned, on need basis, at a number of locations over Indian Railways. 

• Passenger awareness campaigns are regularly conducted across Indian Railways for encouraging them to dispose garbage in dustbins provided in trains.

• Regular checks/surprise checks are conducted by supervisors/senior officials at Divisional, Zonal & Headquarter level. 

• Special Cleanliness Campaigns under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and cleanliness drives/campaigns are organized regularly over Indian Railways with the objective to achieve significant and sustainable improvements in cleanliness standards.

• Elimination of direct discharge of human waste from trains through installation of bio-toilets in passenger coaches. The details of provision of Bio-toilets are as under:

Period	No. of Bio-Toilets fitted
2004-14	9,587
2014-till date	3,61,572

This information was provided by the Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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Dharmendra Tewari/ Dr. Nayan Solanki/ Manik Sharma

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