The North Eastern Railway (NER) zone of the Indian Railways has electrified more than 75 percent of its routes.
The zone will become almost 100 percent electrified railway by the end of 2022.
Working on green energy, NER has started a CUF (Capacity Utilization Factor) based solar monitoring system in 2021, which has resulted in 26 percent higher solar energy generation as compared to the corresponding period of 2021 with the same installed capacity of 4.72 MWp.
At this time, a total of 31 pairs of trains that originate or terminate on the North Eastern Railway are running on HOG system. Also, water recycling plants have been commissioned at four stations with a capacity of 700 kld a day.
In 2021, 24 escalators have been provided at 10 different stations. A total of 22 lifts have been provided at eight different stations. Forty-seven railway stations have been developed into adarsh stations and Wifi provided in all the 295 eligible stations.
A total of 75 level crossings have been eliminated by the provision of RUB or LHS or ROB and diversions. All level crossing gates having total vehicle units (TVU) more than 50,000 have been interlocked.
Besides, 16 level crossing gates with TVU less than 50,000 have also been interlocked last year. Around 78 km of track renewal and deep screening of 192 km of plain track and 145 turnouts were accomplished in the 2021.