Indian Railways To Install Indigenous 'Kavach' System To Prevent Train Collisions

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

On March 4 in Secunderabad, two trains will hurtle towards each other at full speed, one with the railway minister on board and the other with the Chairman of the Railway Board. But the two trains won't collide, thanks to 'Kavach'.

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

The indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system has been built to help the Railways achieve the goal of "zero accidents". 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, senior officials said.