Railways has approved a 201 crore rupee Kavach project for the Ambala Division of Northern Railway.
Kavach is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection system designed to enhance operational safety. The Ministry of Railways stated that the project covers 8 hundred and 11 route kilometres.
The project will cover the Ambala Division, including the 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. They handle substantial passenger and freight traffic and play an important role in the movement of people and goods across the region.
Our correspondent reports that Kavach helps prevent Signal Passing at Danger, automatically applies brakes when required to avert unsafe situations, controls train speed in critical conditions, and significantly reduces the risk of collisions.
Railways is progressively expanding Kavach across its network as part of its ongoing efforts to improve safety, reliability and capacity on high-density and strategically important routes.