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Sunday, December 17, 2017

Identification Of Routes For Electrification Of Railway Tracks

Identification Of Routes For Electrification Of Railway Tracks

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.
2017-184000
2018-196000
2019-207000
2020-2110500
2021-2210500
Total38000


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
1Andhra Pradesh385
2Assam1448
3Arunachal Pradesh12
4Bihar566
5Chattisgarh76
6Gujarat1088
7Haryana116
8Himachal Pradesh40
9Jharkhand293
10Karnataka1051
11Kerala150
12Madhya Pradesh416
13Maharashtra615
14Mizoram02
15Odisha583
16Punjab964
17Rajasthan1991
18Telangana301
19Tamil Nadu1016
20Tripura267
21Uttar Pradesh1308
22Uttarakhand185
23West Bengal 802

Total13675


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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