Team Blitz India
The Indian Railways fully electrified the broad-gauge network of 14 states and Union territories (UTs) by the end of the financial year 2022-23, data released by the Ministry of Railways shows.
Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand have been fully electrified, reports in the media said on April 28.
The network in these states and UTs aggregates to 24,383 route kilometres (rkm), which is 40 per cent of the total electrification done by the Railways.
The data also showed that the Railways completed 90 per cent electrification of its BG network as of March 31. It is looking to complete the task by December end.
“The target for completion of electrification has been set for December 2023, and barring a few small stretches, we’d have completed the BG network by that time,” a senior railway ministry official said, according to a media report on April 28.
However, the progress in the Northeast, barring Meghalaya, was in contrast to the success elsewhere, as five states were yet to have a single track electrified. While Sikkim does not have any BG lines, Assam saw progress in BG electrification, at 28 per cent — the state has a network of 2,518 rkm.
