Karnataka, long a laggard in railway electrification, is finally electrifying its broad-gauge network at a brisk pace.
The state has electrified 2,991 Route Kilometres (RKM) out of its total railway network of 3,836 RKM, data reviewed by DH shows. In percentage terms, 77.97 per cent of the state’s railway network is now electrified.
Of this, 148 RKM was electrified in July alone, between 21 and 31. On Sunday, the railways commissioned the Kumsi-Anandapura stretch (31 RKM), part of the Shivamogga-Talguppa railway line.
In railway terminology, RKM refers to the distance between two places irrespective of the number of tracks.
