Electrification of following three new rail sections will be taken up during the next financial year:
1. Gondia-Ballarshah via Nagbhir
2. Daund-Manmad
3. Khana-Sainthia-Pakur & Pandabeshwar- Sainthia.
Also, the following sections are under active consideration for electrification:
1. Vizianagram-Raigada
2. Mathura-Alwar-Rewari-Hissar
3. Guntakal-Bellary-Hospet-Vosco de Gama
In addition to above, feasibility studies for the following sections will be undertaken:
1. Bardhaman-Katwa-New Farakka including Katwa-Ahmadpur
2. Chheoki-Manikpur-Itarsi
3. Chhapra-Varanasi-Allahabad including Bhatni-Aunrihar and Phephna-Indara
4. Garwa Road-Chopan-Singrauli including Chunar-Chopan
5. Pakur-Kumedpur including Gumani-Sahibganj
6. Angul-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda
7. Kiul-Tillaiyya-Manpur
8. New Bongoigaon-Jogighopa-Kamakhya
9. Bankura-Rainanagar
10. Fatwa-Islampur-Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir
11. Vijaywada-Niduduvolu including Machhlipatnam & Narsapur
12. Falaknuma – Umdanagar
13. Secunderabad - Medchal
This was announced by the Minister of Railways, Kumari Mamata Banerjee while presenting the Railway Budget for the year 2010-11 in the Lok Sabha today.