Indian Railways has achieved an important advancement by electrifying all routes in Uttar Pradesh, as it sets out on a journey to become a “Net Zero Carbon Emission” railway system in another seven years, as part of its mission to make the entire rail network of the country run on electric traction and shun diesel-based trains.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted and expressed his happiness in response to a tweet from the Ministry of Railways regarding the complete electrification of the broad gauge rail network in Uttar Pradesh.
The entire state’s railroad lines are now electrified thanks to the North Eastern Railway, which has its headquarters in Gorakhpur, and its electrification of rail network approx roughly 85-km Shubhagpur-Pachperwa section. With that, the region joined the fully electrified East Coast Railway, North Central Railway, West Central Railway, Eastern Railway, and South Eastern Railway. The railroads are working towards electrifying all broad gauge routes completely, and have made about 85% of that progress so far.
In accordance with India’s global commitment to renewable energy as part of various international “climate” negotiations, it also has plans to switch to renewables. The Indian Railways are expected to have an energy demand of about 8,200 megawatts in 2029–2030. (MW). Officials stated that by 2029–2030, about 30,000 MW of renewable capacity would be needed to reach net zero carbon emissions.
