Indian Railways completes electrification of 45,881 route km

In an attempt to provide better train services, Indian Railways has achieved the electrification of 45,881 route km. Recently, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, said that several measures have been taken to complete the projects in time, which comprise assured/committed funds through Extra Budgetary Resource, award of large size EPC contracts, better project monitoring mechanism, decentralisation of powers to field units among others. The total length of broad gauge routes, electrified broad gauge routes and railway routes that are left to be electrified zone wise as of 31 March 2021 are as follows - In Central Railway, of the 3,853 route km, 3,336 route km has been electrified, and 517 route km is left. In East Central Railway, of the 4,008 route km, 3,540 route km has been electrified, and 468 route km is left. In East Coast Railway, of the 2,800 route km, 2,791 route km has been electrified, and 9 route km is left. In Eastern Railway, of the 2,820 route km, 2,490 route km has been electrified, and 330 route km is left. In the North Eastern Railway, of the 3,102 route km, 2,299 route km has been electrified, and 803 route km is left. In the Northeast Frontier Railway, of the 4,152 route km, 652 route km has been electrified, and 3,500 route km is left. In the North Western Railway, of the 5,248 route km, 2,186 route km has been electrified, and 3,062 route km is left. In North Central Railway, of the 3,222 route km, 2,707 route km has been electrified, and 515 route km is left. In the Northern Railway, of the 7,062 route km, 5,512 route km has been electrified, and 1,550 route km is left. In South East Central Railway, of the 2,348 route km, 2,120 route km has been electrified, and 228 route km is left. In South Central Railway, of the 6,206 route km, 4,145 route km has been electrified, and 2,061 route km is left. In South Western Railway, of the 3,578 route km, 1,208 route km has been electrified, and 2,370 route km is left. In South Eastern Railway, of the 2,713 route km, 2,661 route km has been electrified, and 52 route km is left.In Southern Railway, of the 4,914 route km, 3,570 route km has been electrified, and 1,344 route km is left. In Western Railway, of the 4,885 route km, 3,183 route km has been electrified, and 1,702 route km is left. In West Central Railway, of the 3,011 route km, 3,011 route km has been electrified. In Konkan Railway, of the 740 route km, 443 route km has been electrified, and 297 km is left. In Kolkata Metro, of the 27 route km, 27 route km has been electrified. Image Source Also read: India Railways records highest electrification of sections in 2020-21 Also read: Indian Railways to electrify all broad gauge lines by 2023-24