New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI) Indian Railways has approved the installation of Kavach Version 4.0 on 598 route kilometres covering 48 block sections of the Ahmedabad Division of Western Railway in Gujarat and the balanced Broad Gauge sections of the Ambala Division of Northern Railway.
The costs of the project are worth Rs 140 cr and Rs 201 cr for Ahmedabad and Ambala divisions respectively.
Kavach is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system designed to enhance operational safety.
It helps prevent Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD), automatically applies brakes when required to avert unsafe situations, controls train speed in critical conditions, and significantly reduces the risk of collisions.
“Earlier, Kavach work had already
been sanctioned on about 702 route kilometres of the Ahmedabad Division. With the approval of the present project, the remaining sections of the division will also be brought under Kavach, paving the way for wider deployment of the indigenous train protection system across the division,” a press note from the Railway Ministry said.
Emphasising work in Ambala division, it added, “The sanctioned work will cover important rail routes in the Ambala Division, including Ambala Cantonment–Ludhiana, Kalka–Chandigarh–New Morinda–Sahnewal, Sirhind–Daulatpur Chowk, Rajpura–Bathinda–Shri Ganganagar and Ludhiana–Dhuri–Jakhal sections.” These routes serve as key rail corridors connecting the states of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and handle substantial passenger and freight traffic. PTI JP APL
