Electrification is being carried out in a mission mode because the national transporter is aiming to become green railways. Many of its zones have achieved 100 percent electrification, Vaishnaw said.In this context, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is accelerating electrification projects on all un-electrified broad gauge routes within its jurisdiction to meet its targets of net zero carbon emissions and 100 percent electrification. Among all railway zones spearheading this initiative, NFR is actively progressing with electrification of the remaining BG routes under its purview.A senior railways official told this newspaper said that a budget of `8,070 crore was allocated for electrification in FY 2023-24. “In 14 states the railways has achieved full electrification of tracks and it is nearing completion in 8-9 states,” the official said, adding all broad gauge rail lines will be fully electrified by this year-end.UP has electrified 8,546 km of broad gauge rail lines, followed by Maharashtra (5,815 km), Madhya Pradesh (4,944 km), Andhra Pradesh (3,841 km), Bihar (3,802 km), Odisha (2,901 km), Punjab (2,288 km), Telangana (1,923 km), Haryana (1,780 km), Chhattisgarh (1,279 km), Kerala (1,046 km), J&K (396 km), Uttarakhand (347 km) and Himachal Pradesh (67 km).Meanwhile, Vaishnaw on Saturday inspected a track slab manufacturing factory for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project near Surat in Gujarat. Vaishnaw said all the equipment at the factory in Kim was brought from Japan before their manufacturing was started in India, which will be beneficial for future construction projects.
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