NEW DELHI: The Railways has set a target of 2021-2022 to electrify its entire

, railway minister

told Parliament on Wednesday.

Replying to a question in the

, Goyal said the national transporter has 28,810 route kilometers left for

.

"The Ministry of Railways has planned to electrify balance broad gauge routes of the

by 2021-22," he said.

Among those which will be electrified during this period are the Northeast Frontier Railways' 2,779 RKM, South Western Railways' 2,702 RKM and the Western Railways' 2,633 RKM.

"No new infrastructure for production of diesel locomotives has been proposed by Railways after the decision of 100 per cent electrification in September, 2018. Diesel locomotives that will be manufactured at Diesel Locomotive Factory Marhowra shall be required by Indian Railways for strategic, emergency and certain operational reasons," Goyal said.