Mission Net-Zero! Indian Railways plans to go carbon neutral by 2030; achieve 100 per cent electrification

Indian railways are well on their way to carbon neutrality by 2030, with an electrified broad gauge network of 60,814 km up to November 2023, stated the union minister of railways Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to Lok Sabha during the winter session of the parliament. According to the minister’s response, railways electrified a network of 39,013 km during the period between April 2014 and November 2023, about seven and a half times more than the 2014-14 period.