Ahmedabad: The Indian Railways is taking precautions to prevent train accidents with help of ‘Kavach’ technology to avert incidents such as head-on collisions and signal jumping. A total of 735 km of routes fall under the jurisdiction of Western Railway, and efforts are underway to incorporate Kavach technology on this route.

A successful trial of Kavach has been conducted on a 142.7 km route in Gujarat, with the objective of implementing Kavach on a total of 250 km routes by March 2024. In another development, a total of 90 locomotive engines will be equipped with Kavach. As of now, 20 locomotive engines have been equipped with this advanced technology, enhancing the safety of railway passengers. Nationally, the work of ‘Kavach’ is in progress on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors within Indian Railways.

The Kavach System, an automatic train protection system, utilizes radio frequency identification devices placed at one-kilometer intervals in trains, tracks, railway signal systems, and each station. This system triggers an alert when two trains are on the same track or if a pilot disregards a signal, activating the Kavach system. Once activated, the train pilot receives an alert, and the armor system takes control of the train’s brakes, preventing potential collisions.

The successful trial of Kavach technology has been conducted on the following routes in Gujarat:
1. Vadodara-Ahmedabad section: Out of 96 km, Kavach trials were completed on 65.2 km of this route.
2. Virār-Surat-Vadodara section: On this 336 km, Kavach trials have been conducted on 40.5 km, successfully.
3. Vadodara-Ratkam-Nagda section: On this 303 km section, the trial of Kavach is successfully completed on a 37 km segment. DeshGujarat