Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE)was set up in 1979 under the Ministry of Railways, at Allahabad. The responsibility entrusted was to carryout railway electrification over the entire network of Indian Railways. The organization is headed by a General Manager. It has various project units namely: Ambala, Lucknow, Kota, Secunderabad, Chennai, Bhuvneshwar, Gorakhpur and Hajipur. These units are in the process of electrifying important railway routes for harnessing maximum benefits from their traffic potential. As of now about 60% of freight and 47% of passenger traffic is hauled by electric traction on Indian Railways. The target for 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) is 3500 KMs. Out of this 1299 RKMs have been energized as on 31.03.2009. The target for financial year 2009-10 has been kept as 1200 RKMs by the Railway Board.