Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday (November 24) highlighted a significant achievement in railway electrification. The Railways Minister said that 40,000 km of electrification has taken place in the last 9.5 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra since he came into power in 2014.
“To achieve the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, we will have to do more transportation by using our energy resources. This became possible after electrifying the entire railway. Modi ji took up the work of electrification in 2014. There has been 40,000 KM of electrification in 9.5 years,” said Vaishnaw while addressing the Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) Conference.
