Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways has completed electrification of about 40,000 route km on broad gauge network. There is a substantial jump in electrification process from about 1.42 km/day between 2004-14 to about 18 km/day in 2022-23. At present, 61,813 route km on broad gauge network has been electrified, which is about 94% of the total broad gauge network of the Indian Railways.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Feburary 2.
The electrification of balance broad gauge network has been taken up. During 2014-23, Rs 43,346 crore have been spent on electrification. Further, Rs. 8,070 crore have been allocated for electrification during 2023-24.
As on April 1.2023, 459 railway infrastructure projects (189 new line, 39 gauge conversion and 231 doubling) of total length 46,360 km, costing approx. Rs. 7.18 lakh crore are in planning/approval/construction stage.
