(a) the targets set for electrification of rail lines in the country during the Tenth Five
Year Plan State-wise;
(b) the total length of rail lines electrified, State-wise, particularly in Karnataka;
(c) the total length of the rail lines electrification work of which is running behind the
scheduled target giving details thereof, State-wise particularly in Karnataka; and
(d) the time by which the pending work of electrification of rest of the rail lines likely
to be completed, project-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS(SHRI R. VELU)
(a) to (d): A Statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3127
BY SHRI G. KARUNAKARA REDDY, TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.03.2008 REGARDING
ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINE.
(a) Against the target of electrification of 1800 Route Kilometres, fixed during
Tenth Five Year Plan, 1810 Route Kilometres have been electrified. State-wise targets
were not fixed, as Railway projects are not confined to State boundaries.
(b) As on 31.03.2007, 17811 Route Kilometres of tracks have been electrified over Indian
Railways. The Route Kilometres of tracks electrified, State-wise, are broadly as under:
S.No. State Route kilometres electrified
1. Andhra Pradesh 2155 2. Bihar 723 3. Chhatisgarh 861 4. Delhi 129 5. Gujarat 723 6. Haryana 366 7 Himachal Pradesh 23 8. Jharkhand 1585 9. Karnataka 104 10. Kerala 519 11. Madhya Pradesh 1883 12. Maharashtra 2059 13. Orissa 1228 14. Punjab 385 15. Pondicherry 11 16. Rajasthan 497 17. Tamil Nadu 1067 18. Uttar Pradesh 1570 19. Uttranchal 52 20. West Bengal 1871 21. Other States - TOTAL 17811
S.No Name of Project Railway Target Date
1 Kharagpur/Nimpura-Bhubaneshwar South Eastern/ Kharagpur-Bhubaneshwar including branch line of Talcher- East Coast incl. Talcher-Cuttack-Paradeep Cuttack-Paradeep has been completed, Jakhapura- Daitari was sanctioned at later stage which is targetted for completion by July 2008.
2 Karepalli-Bhadrachalam-Manuguru South Central August 2008.
3 Ambala-Moradabad Northern September 2008.
4 Andal-Pandabeswar Eastern December 2008.
5 Bangalore-Chennasandra loop via South Western March 2009. Yeshwanthpur and Yellahanka- Baiyappannahalli loop via Hebbal
6 Indore-Ujjain and Dewas-Maksi Western March 2009.
7 Villupuram-Tiruchchirappalli Southern September 2009.
8 Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram incl. Southern Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram-Kanniyakumari and completed.Thiruvananthapuram- Trichur-Guruvayur Kanniyakumari and Trichur-Guruvayur sanctioned at later stage which are targetted for completion upto September 2009.
9 Lingampalli-Wadi South Central September 2009.
10 Bina-Kota West Central September 2009.
11 Moradabad-Lucknow-Utratia Northern December 2009.
12 Khurja-Meerut-Saharanpur Northern March 2010.
13 Shakurbasti-Rohtak Northern March 2010.
14 Renigunta-Guntakal South Central Renigunta-Nandalur section completed and electrification of Nandalur-Guntakal is being taken up by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited.(RVNL).
15 Tiruchchirappalli-Madurai Southern March 2010.
16 Barabanki-Gonda-Gorakhpur-Barauni North Eastern June 2010. /East Central 17 Utratia-Sultanpur-Mughalsarai Northern September 2010.
18 Jalandhar-Jammu Tawi Northern March 2011.
19 Jhansi-Kanpur North Central June 2011.
20 Barauni-Katihar-Guwahati East Central/ March 2012. Northeast Frontier