Question : ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY ROUTES

(a) The length of railway track electrified as on date, zone-wise State-wise;

(b) The details of the routes on which the electrification work is going on at present alongwith the target date for its completion, Zone/State-wise;

(c) whether the Government have reviewed the progress of on-going electrification of rail routes;

(d) if so, the finding thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard;

(e) The total length of railway track to be electrified during the Ninth Five Year Plan, Zone/State-wise, and

(f) the achievement made so far in this regard, Zone/State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH )


(a) to (f) : A Statement is attached.

Statement referred to in reply to Unstarred Question No.113 by S/Shri Manoj Sinha, Brijlal Khabri, Ananta Nayak, Annasaheb M.K. Patil, Haribhau Shankar Mahale, Abdul Rashid Shaheen, to be answered in Lok Sabha on 24.2.2000 regarding Electrification of Railway Routes.


(a) As on 31.3.1999, 14,579 Route Kilometres have been electrified. Zone-wise and State-wise details as under: -

ZONE-WISE DETAILS OF ELECTRIFICATION

Sr. No.	Zone	Route Kilometres Electrified
1	CENTRAL	2947
2	EASTERN	2053
3	NORTHERN	1387
4	SOUTHERN	1266
5	SOUTH EASTERN	3615
6	SOUTH CENTRAL	1518
7	WESTERN	1793
8	NORTH EASTERN	0
9	NORTH EAST	0	FRONTIER

TOTAL	14579

STATE-WISE DETAILS OF ELECTRIFICATION

Sr. No.	STATE	Route KilometresElectrified

1	Andhra Pradesh	1940
2	Bihar	1800
3	Delhi	129
4	Gujarat	651
5	Haryana	341
6	Karnataka	104
7	Kerala	164
8	Madhya Pradesh	2741
9	Maharashtra	1821
10	Orissa	551
11	Punjab	159
12	Rajasthan	491
13	Tamil Nadu	836
14	Uttar Pradesh	1219
15	West Bengal	1632
16	Other States	0
TOTAL	14579

S.No.	Routes	State	Zone	Target
1.	Erode-Ernakulam	Tamil Nadu/Kerala	SouthernMarch	2000

2.	Adra-Midnapur	West Bengal	South Eastern	March 2000

3.	Lucknow-Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	Northern	March 2000

4.	Sitarampur-Mughalsarai	West Bengal/Bihar	Eastern	March 2002+	/Uttar Pradesh

5.	Delhi-Ambala-Ludhiana	Delhi/Haryana/Punjab	Northern	March 2001	incl. Ambala-Kalka &	Sirhind-Nangal Dam
6.	Bokaro-Barsuan	Bihar/Orissa/	South Eastern	March 2002+	West Bengal
7.	Kusunda-Jamuniatand	Bihar	Eastern	March 2001

8.	Kharagpur-Bhubaneswar	West Bengal/Orissa	South Eastern	March 2003+

9.	Bhubaneswar-Kottavalasa	Orissa/Andhra Pradesh	South Eastern	March 2003+
10.	Udhna-Jalgaon	Gujarat/Maharashtra	Western	March 2003+
11.	Ambala-Saharanpur	Haryana/Uttar Pradesh	Northern	March 2003+	-Moradabad
12.	Tambaram-Chengalpattu	Tamil Nadu	Southern	March 2004+	- Villupuram &	Chengalpattu-Arakkonam
13.	Ludhiana-Amritsar	Punjab	Northern	March 2004+
14.	Renigunta-Hospet	Karnataka/Andhra Pradesh South Central	March 2006+

+ Tentative targets subject to availability of resources.

(c) & (d).	Yes, Sir. The progress of electrification projects is monitored periodically.	Requisite inputs are provided wherever required.
(e) & (f).	The route kilometers to be electrified during the Ninth Five Year Plan and	the achievements during the First Two years of the Ninth Plan are indicated	Zone-wise & State-wise in the tables below:

Zone-wise Target/Achievements
S.No.	Zonal Railway	Target/Achievement for Target	Electrification(Route Kilometres)	during Ninth Five Year Plan	Target	Achievement till 31.3.1999

1	Northern	301	118
2	South-Eastern	1250	637
3	Southern	141	81
4	Western	83	-
5	Eastern	521	222
6	South-Central	4	4
TOTAL	2300	1062

State-wise Target/Achievements

S.No.	state	Target/Achievement for Target	Electrification(Route Kilometres)	during Ninth Five Year Plan	Target	Achievement till	31.3.1999
1	Andhra Pradesh	231	181
2	Bihar	717	309
3	Gujarat	68	-
4	Haryana	41	41
5	Kerala	107	77
6	Maharashtra	15	Nil
7	Orissa	450	112
8	Punjab	148	41
9	Tamil Nadu	34	4
10	Uttar Pradesh	166	34
11	West Bengal	323	263
TOTAL	2300	1062