Indian Railways's Eastern Zone Becomes 100 Per Cent Electrified, Nationwide Electrification By 2023

With the electrification of the Nimmita – New Farakka railway section in the state of West Bengal, the Eastern Railway zone has achieved complete electrification, reports Financial Express.

This was achieved due to considerable increase in the speed of project implementation. For example, while just 710 kilometres of electrification was done by the Eastern Railway Zone in West Bengal during 2009-14, this has been increased to 1,290 kilometres between 2014-19. In the year 2019-20 alone, 153 kilometres of railway electrification was completed in West Bengal.

Under the Modi government, Indian Railways is rapidly progressing towards achieving 100 per cent electrification of all broad gauge routes by December 2023.

For the financial year 2021-22, with a total plan outlay higher by 10.86 per cent compared to previous year’s fund allocation, the Eastern Railway zone has obtained a good share in budgetary allocation.

The Eastern Railway is among the 18 zones of the Indian Railways. This zone headquartered in Kolkata caters to West Bengal and some parts of Bihar and Jharkhand.