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Railways Clocks Highest Route Electrification; Fully Electric By Dec 2023
The Indian Railways has recorded the highest number of route electrification in a year, stretching over 6,015 Route Kilometre (RKM) across sections in 2020-2021. The railways carried out the electrification process at full force during the pandemic, breaking the previous record of 5,276 RKM achieved in 2018-19. Stating that over 5-times electrification was done during 2014-2021 as compared to 2007-14, the railways eyes full electrification by… read-more
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Railway Minister Inaugurates Newly Electrified Dhigawara-Bandikui Section
The newly electrified Dhigawara-Bandikui section of North Western Railway has been inaugurated by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on November 30. Minister Goyal has stated that railways in the north-western region has been ignored for a long time and is getting refurnished during BJP's tenure. Goyal has said that dependency on fuel imported from outside will be eliminated as a result of electrification. He also flagged off the route's first… read-more
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