58 per cent of IR under electric traction

Indian Railways (IR) has electrified 13687 route kilometers of railway track for the 2014-19 period said Piyush Goyal Railway Minister, replying to a parliament question.

As on November 1, 2019, IR commissioned 37,237 route kilometers of rail lines or 57.91 per cent of its network on electric traction, The chronology of electrification is as follows:

Year Route Kilometer Electrified
2009-10 421
2010-11 75
2011-12 595
2012-13 1337
2013-14 610
Total (2009-14) 3,038
2014-15 1176
2015-16 1502
2016-17 1646
2017-18 4087
2018-19 5276
Total (2014-19) 13,687
Increase in %age 351%

To expedite electrification, IR took several measures such as award of Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts, better project monitoring mechanism, delegating more power to field units for award of contracts/sanction of estimates and close monitoring at the highest level.

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