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State/UT wise length (Route Kilometer) of Broad Gauge (BG) railway routes of Indian Railways yet to be electrified are as under:-
| SNo. |
STATE/UT |
TOTAL ROUTE KILOMETER TO BE ELECTRIFIED. |
| 1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
1545 |
| 2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
12 |
| 3 |
Assam |
2440 |
| 4 |
Bihar |
2091 |
| 5 |
Chattisgarh |
265 |
| 6 |
Delhi |
39 |
| 7 |
Goa |
189 |
| 8 |
Gujarat |
3346 |
| 9 |
Haryana |
1212 |
| 10 |
Himachal Pradesh |
28 |
| 11 |
Jammu &Kashmir |
127 |
| 12 |
Jharkhand |
925 |
| 13 |
Karnataka |
3197 |
| 14 |
Kerala |
152 |
| 15 |
Madhya Pradesh |
2056 |
| 16 |
Maharashtra |
3239 |
| 17 |
Manipur |
12 |
| 18 |
Meghalaya |
9 |
| 19 |
Mizoram |
2 |
| 20 |
Nagaland |
11 |
| 21 |
Odisha |
883 |
| 22 |
Punjab |
1680 |
| 23 |
Puducherry |
11 |
| 24 |
Rajasthan |
4501 |
| 25 |
Telengana |
1029 |
| 26 |
Tamil Nadu |
1928 |
| 27 |
Tripura |
202 |
| 28 |
Uttar Pradesh |
4896 |
| 29 |
Uttarakhand |
160 |
| 30 |
West Bengal |
1657 |
|
|
Total |
37844 |
The survey of rail routes to be electrified is an ongoing process. Ministry of Railways has planned to electrify 37844 Route Kilometer of balance Broad Gauge routes of Indian Railways by the year 2021-22.
The budget requirement for electrification of balance 37844 Route Kilometer of Broad Gauge routes of Indian Railways is approximately ` 32591 crore which is based on financial throwforward of ongoing works and abstract cost estimate for new works planned for inclusion in Budget 2018-19.
Total power requirement of Indian Railways post project completion has been assessed to be about 3200 Mega Watts.
Following executing agencies are involved in Railway Electrification works:
| (i) |
Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE), Allahabad. |
Under Ministry of Railways |
| (ii) |
Zonal Railways |
Under Ministry of Railways |
| (iii) |
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) |
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of Ministry of Railways |
| (iv) |
Indian Railway Construction Company (IRCON) |
|
| (v) |
Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) |
|
| (vi) |
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) |
Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of Ministry of Power |
This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 05.01.2018 (Friday).
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