New Delhi: Electrification of the Indian Railways network is all set to reach 99% of the complete till August-end. According to official data, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, and Assam are the only states where electrification of the broad-gauge network is left. Besides electrification, the national transporter is also scaling up renewable energy deployment with installed solar capacity surpassing 4,500 MW.

“Over 99.1% of the railway tracks are electrified,” a senior official told ET while adding just 646 route kilometres (RKM) of the 69,800 RKM total network is left.

Assam is the biggest laggard with 269 RKM........

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