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New Delhi : Ministry of Railways has planned to electrify balance Broad Gauge (BG) Routes ( 28,810 km) of Indian Railways by December, 2023. It will electrify 6,ooo km routes each in both 2020-21 and 2021-22.
Initially, Indian Railways (IR) has planned to source about 1,000 Mega Watt (MW) Solar Power as part of its Solar Mission and about 200 MW of wind power based on techno-commercial assessment. Out of this, about 204.82 MW (101.42 MW solar and 103.4MW wind power) renewable power has already been set up.
In addition to above, to further reduce the fuel burden of IR, it has been endeavoured to install land based solar plants across India on unutilised railway land for meeting its energy needs for both traction and non-traction purpose, said Railways, Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on March 13, 2020, according to a PIB release.