(a) the details of railway routes electrified during the last three years and current year so far along with the expenditure incurred thereon;
(b) the rail sections which are proposed to be electrified during the current year;
(c) whether there is any proposal to give priority to Mugalsarai-Patna and Patna- Barauni railway routes;
(d) if so, the time by which these routes are likely to be electrified; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH )
(a) to (e) : A statement is attached.
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the Unstarred Question No. 1931
by Shrimati Renu Kumari, to be answered in Lok Sabha on 3.8.2000 regarding electrification
of railway routes.
(a) . The details of railway routes electrified during the last three years and current year so far along with expenditure incurred thereon are as under :
Sections energised during the year 1997-98 :
SECTION ROUTE KILOMETRE
EASTERN RAILWAY
1. Danea-Gumia-Jarangdih 29
2. Jasidih-Nargungoo 36
3. Jhajha-Kiul 56
4. Nischintpur-Kashipur 09
NORTHERN RAILWAY
5. Jagadhari Workshop-Saharanpur 36
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
6. Vallatolnagar-Punkunnam 21
7 Salem-Salem Market 04
SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY
8. Duvvada-Vadlapudi 04
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
9. Bokaro Steel City-Radhagaon 04 10. Chandiposh-Bimlagarh-Barsuan 37 11. Bimlagarh-Rangra 21 12. Tiruldih-Ramgarh 89 13. Adra-Bankura-Bheduasol 60 14. Simhachalam-Kottavalasa-Amamanda 39
TOTAL 445
Sections energised during the year 1998-99 :
EASTERN RAILWY
1. Nargunjoo-Jhajha 08
2. Mokama-Fatuha 68
3. Mughalsarai-Kuchhman 07
4. Jerangdih-Phurso 09
NORTHERN RAILWAY
5. Ambala-Chandigarh 42 6. Sirhind-Morinda 24
7 Saharanpur station 02
8. Kanpur Bridge-Unnao 14
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
9. Punkunnam-Chovvara 56
SOUTH EASTERN
10. Alamanda-Chipurupalli-Srikakulam Road 82 11. Palasa-Tilaru 48 12. Simhachalam Yard 08 13. Radhagaon-Muri-Kita 64 14. Purulia-Kotshila 36 15. Rangra-Kiriburu 20 16. Bondamunda Yard 08 17. Bheduasole-Chandrakona Road-Salboni 65 18. Meramandoll-Talcher 16 19. Hijli-Bakhrabad 24 20. Bhadrak-Kenduapada 16 TOTAL 617
Sections energised during the year 1999-2000 :
EASTERN RAILWAY
1. Kiul-Mankatha 04
2. Mokama-Barhiya 18
3. Fatuha-Danapur 32
4. Kuchhman-Dildarnagar 49
NORTHERN RAILWAY
5. Chandigarh-Kalka 25 6. Morinda-Ropar 27
7 RTP Siding 10
8. Saharanpur-Khanalampura Yard 08
9. Kanpur-Kanpur Bridge 04 10. Unnao-Lucknow 56
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
11. Chovvara-Ernakulam 35
SOUTH EASTERN
12. Salboni-Midnapur 30 13. Srikakulam Road-Tilaru 20 14. Palasa-Golanthara-Berhampur 76
WESTERN
15. Udhna-Chalthan 11
Total 405
Section energised during the current year (2000-2001) During the current year, the section Mankatha-Barhaiya (12 Route Kilometres) of Eastern Railway has been electrified so far.
Expenditure incurred :
The expenditure incurred on the Railway Electrification Projects during these years is as under :
YEAR EXPENDITURE
1997-98 Rs.320 crores 1998-99 Rs.329 crores 1999-2000 Rs.316 crores 2000-01 (upto June) Rs.74.98 crores
(b) . The following sections are proposed to be electrified during the current year :
SECTION ROUTE KILOMETRE
EASTERN RAILWAY
1. Mankatha-Barhaiya 12
2. Danapur-Ara 40
3. Dildarnagar-Buxor 36
NORTHERN RAILWAY
4. Roopnagar-Una 69
5. Ludhiana-Ladhowal 09 6. Mughalsarai-Varanasi 17
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
7. Tambaram-Chengalpattu 30
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
8. Bondamunda-Bano 62
9. Bakhrabad-Jaleswar 40 10. Chatarpur-Gangadharpur 68 11. Berhampur-Chatrapur 22
WESTERN RAILWAY
12. Chalthan-Madhi 40 13. Jalgaon-Amalner 55 TOTAL 500
(c) to (e) . Yes, Sir. The electrification works of Mughalsarai-Patna and Patna-Barauni railway routes are in progress and the entire section Sitarampur-Patna-Mughalsarai including Patna-Barauni section is targeted for completion by March, 2002.