Railway Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Railways, Suneet Sharma, told mid-day on Wednesday, that one of India’s biggest stretches of railway electrification, was happening on the Konkan Railway. He also said that this will help start electric passenger train operations entirely from December 2021. The conversion of this stretch will cut down the diesel consumption of the railways significantly.

“The Konkan Railway is one of the biggest stretches in a single railway to get electrified. We are doing it in two phases. One starting from Roha downwards south, and another at the Karmali end in Goa. As of now, we have electrified about 370 km of the total 750km stretch. We have also begun operations of goods trains along it. In the pending portion about 85 pc to 90 pc work has already been completed.