2,000 km of rail network will be brought under ‘Kavach’ in 2022-’23: Railway Minister

Hyderabad: ‘Kavach’, the indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, will be deployed across the entire rail network beginning with 2,000 km in the 2022-23 fiscal and will be rolled out in 4,000 to 5,000 km every subsequent year, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday. ‘Kavach’, which literally means armour, is being promoted by […]

Hyderabad: ‘Kavach’, the indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, will be deployed across the entire rail network beginning with 2,000 km in the 2022-23 fiscal and will be rolled out in 4,000 to 5,000 km every subsequent year, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.

‘Kavach’, which literally means armour, is being promoted by the Railways as the world’s cheapest automatic train collision protection system.

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Announced in the 2022 Union Budget as a part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, 2,000 km of rail network is planned to be brought under ‘Kavach’ for safety and capacity augmentation in 2022-23.

“In the budget 2,000 km has been approved and in subsequent years ‘Kavach’ will be deployed in 4,000-5,000 km every year,” Vaishnaw told reporters after inspecting the working of ‘Kavach’ between the Lingampalli–Vikarabad section of Secunderabad division, South Central Railway.

आत्मनिर्भर भारत की मिसाल- भारत में बनी 'कवच' टेक्नोलॉजी।
Successfully tested head-on collision. #BharatKaKavach pic.twitter.com/w66hMw4d5u

— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) March 4, 2022

It is designed, developed and manufactured in India and will be deployed in India and exported to the world, he said.

So far, ‘Kavach’ has been deployed on over 1,098 route km and 65 locos in on-going projects of the South Central Railway.

SPAD test, tried crossing signal at red. Kavach is protecting and not allowing the Loco to move.#BharatKaKavach pic.twitter.com/x6Ys9iz9xJ

— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) March 4, 2022

‘Kavach’ is designed to bring a train to a halt automatically when it notices another train on the same line within a prescribed distance.

Trains will also stop on their own when digital system notices any manual error like “jumping” of the red signal or any other malfunction.

Loop-line crossing test done👍.
Kavach automatically restricts the speed to 30 kmph (allowed speed) while crossing/entering loop-line. #BharatKaKavach pic.twitter.com/SHDOyaE39u

— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) March 4, 2022

‘Kavach’ is developed by Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) in collaboration with Indian industry.

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