August 17, 2026 07:14 am (IST)

Make this your homepage

News

After SC rebuke, BCI chief apologises to NALSAR students over enrolment freeze row | Independence Day: PM Modi’s big youth pitch— AI training, free coaching amid exam row and job concerns | ‘Shakti Ki Saptadhara’: Modi reveals 7 pillars to power India’s next leap in his I-Day speech from Red Fort | West Bengal STF arrests 3 more suspected Pakistani spies in Cooch Behar | Bengal man arrested in Bengaluru over terror links, Afghanistan travel plan | Ajit Doval breaks silence on Operation Sindoor in Discovery’s explosive new docuseries | Rahul Gandhi's 'mock hug' taunt sparks row; Centre stresses 'mutual respect' with Italy | Delhi on high alert: Bomb threat to High Court, airport and multiple locations ahead of I-Day | ‘Who are they to interfere?’: CJI Surya Kant slams Bar Council of India over NALSAR students’ enrolment row | 'Shows how low Congress has sunk': BJP slams Rahul Gandhi over Modi foreign policy jibe

Assam

Indian Railways complete first trial run of electric loco in Assam

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Feb 21, 2021, at 03:25 am

Guwahati/IBNS : The Indian Railways conducted the trial run of electric locomotive for the first time in Assam in order to provide electric rail connectivity to the remote areas of the northeast.

The trial was conducted between between Bongaigaon-Sorupeta on February 18.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal shared a video on Twitter in which a WAG9 electric locomotive can be seen running on the tracks for the very first time in Assam.

Creating An Aatmanirbhar Assam: For the first time in history, electric locomotive ran on the soil of Assam with successful trial run from Bongaigaon to Sarupeta stations. pic.twitter.com/O8GSZAackf
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) February 18, 2021

The trial run was conducted by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited(RVNL).

" RVNL completed an electric loco trial between Bongaigaon-Sorupeta on 18.02.2021. This is the first electric traction in operation in Assam changing the dynamics of train operations in NE region with green energy, efficient and environment-friendly options," RVNL tweeted.

#RVNL completed an electric loco trial between Bongaigaon-Sorupeta on 18.02.2021. This is the first electric traction in operation in Assam changing the dynamics of train operations in NE region with green energy, efficient and environment friendly options.@RailMinIndia #green pic.twitter.com/BXxORgDHjs
— Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (@RailVikas) February 19, 2021

Till November 2020, 66 per cent of the broad gauge network has been electrified. The Indian Railways aims to complete the electrification by 2023.

The Railways have set a target of being a net-zero emitter of carbon by 2030 and generate renewable energy using Railway’s assets.

#Assam #ElectricLocomotive #PiyushGoyal #IndianRailways

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.