Concerns Over Railway Safety Measures: Supreme Court Seeks Information on 'Kavach'
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Concerns Over Railway Safety Measures: Supreme Court Seeks Information on 'Kavach'

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought to know from the Centre about the protective measures implemented or proposed to be implemented, including the automatic train protection system 'Kavach', to prevent train accidents in the country.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan was hearing a petition which raised the issue of safety measures to prevent train accidents. Referring to the train accident in Odisha's Balasore district in June last year that had left 288 people dead, the petitioner said a protection system was launched by the government so that collision of trains could be prevented. The plea has sought directions to the Centre to set up an expert commission headed by a retired judge of the apex court and consisting of technical members to analyse and review the risk and safety parameters in the railway system and to suggest systematic safety modifications for strengthening the safety mechanism and submit its report to the court. "The enforcement of safety mechanisms of train protection system is still not done at ground level throughout the country as it has been clearly proven that Kavach, which is an Automatic Train Protection System, was still not applied on this route", the plea said.

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ECoR plans to install to 'Kavach' system
1 month, 1 week ago

ECoR plans to install to 'Kavach' system

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway plans to install the Kavach, train collision avoidance system, an official said. The installation of Kavach, the indigenous train collision avoidance system, is a top priority set by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to enhance safety on busy and critical rail corridors. Kavach, an indigenously developed automatic train protection system, is designed to prevent train collisions …

NIA Investigating Train Sabotage Bids, Ashwini Vaishnaw Says Govt Treating Security Threats With Utmost Seriousness
3 months ago

NIA Investigating Train Sabotage Bids, Ashwini Vaishnaw Says Govt Treating Security Threats With Utmost Seriousness

News 18  

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said the railway administration is on alert for potential train sabotage bids and is holding talks with the administration and police in several states to prevent any untoward incident. The central government treats security threats with the utmost seriousness and strict action will be taken against anyone attempting to sabotage trains, the railway minister …

Kavach safety system to be implemented in ECoR soon: GM Parmeshwar Funkwal
3 months, 1 week ago

Kavach safety system to be implemented in ECoR soon: GM Parmeshwar Funkwal

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: General manager of East Coast Railway Parmeshwar Funkwal stressed the need of mechanical measurements of all track parameters to minimise human errors and take control over train accidents. Speaking at an event organised by ECoR Engineers’ Association here to mark Engineers Day and commemorate 164th birth anniversary of renowned engineer M Visvesvaraya, Funkwal informed that the new Kavach system …

SC appreciates steps taken by Railways to roll out Kavach anti-collision system
8 months, 1 week ago

SC appreciates steps taken by Railways to roll out Kavach anti-collision system

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 15 recorded the steps taken by the Railways to prevent train accidents, including the implementation of the indigenous anti-collision system Kavach, and acknowledged the measures taken by the Ministry. “We appreciate the steps taken by the Railways,” a Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant said, taking on record a status report filed by Attorney General …

Supreme Court Appreciates Railways For Steps Taken To Implement Anti-Collision 'Kavach' System In Trains
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Appreciates Railways For Steps Taken To Implement Anti-Collision 'Kavach' System In Trains

Live Law  

Appreciating the steps taken by Indian Railways for the implementation of 'Kavach System' in trains, the Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a Public Interest Litigation.The PIL was filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari following the Balasore train accident of last year seeking improvement of the anti-collision measures in railways.The Bench Comprising Justices. Appreciating the steps taken by Indian Railways for …

Bihar train accident: Visual probe of the most affected coaches
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar train accident: Visual probe of the most affected coaches

India Today  

The Indian Railways on Thursday ordered a high-level inquiry into the derailment of the Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express in Bihar’s Buxar district, which led to the death of four passengers and left 70 others injured. The accident took place at 9:53 pm when the 12506 Northeast Express, running from Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi to Kamakhya Junction in Guwahati, was …

How many trains in India have ‘Kavach’ installed? Railways minister replies
1 year, 5 months ago

How many trains in India have ‘Kavach’ installed? Railways minister replies

Hindustan Times  

The indigenously developed ‘Kavach’ automatic protection technology has been in the news since the horrific triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore last month, which claimed lives of nearly 300 passengers and injured more than 800. During the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, Communist Party of India MP Binoy Viswam had asked a series of questions from railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw …

Explained | Understanding the Kavach system
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | Understanding the Kavach system

The Hindu  

The story so far: The death of over 288 passengers in the ghastly train accident on June 2 at Bahanaga Bazaar railway station in the Balasore district of Odisha has brought into sharp focus the safety mechanisms needed to prevent such tragedies. The KAVACH is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection system by the Research Design and Standards Organisation in …

Odisha train accident: PIL in SC seeks setting up of inquiry commission headed by retired apex court judge
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident: PIL in SC seeks setting up of inquiry commission headed by retired apex court judge

The Hindu  

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre for setting up an inquiry commission headed by a retired apex court judge to probe the cause of the train accident in Odisha's Balasore district that has left 288 people dead. The plea filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari also sought directions to the Centre to …

Odisha train accident: PIL filed in Supreme Court seeks probe by SC Judge-led expert panel
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident: PIL filed in Supreme Court seeks probe by SC Judge-led expert panel

India TV News  

A Public interest litigation has been filed with the Supreme Court, requesting that a retired Supreme Court judge's expert panel investigate the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore. In addition, in order to guarantee public safety, the PIL requested guidelines and instructions for the immediate implementation of the Automatic Train Protection System known as the KAVACH Protection System by Indian …

Kavach Could Have Averted Odisha Tragedy, Says Official. How the Train Protection System Works
1 year, 6 months ago

Kavach Could Have Averted Odisha Tragedy, Says Official. How the Train Protection System Works

News 18  

Could the implementation of the ‘Kavach’ automatic train protection system have averted the three-train collision that killed more than 280 people in Balasore district of Odisha? News18 takes a look at what the Kavach system entails and whether it could have prevented or limited the Odisha train tragedy. Kavach is an automatic train protection system indigenously developed by the Railway …

Kavach was not available on Coromandel route, says railways; 'Why,' asks TMC
1 year, 6 months ago

Kavach was not available on Coromandel route, says railways; 'Why,' asks TMC

Hindustan Times  

Hours after 238 passengers were killed in a massive triple train collision in Odisha's Balasore district, the railways confirmed that there was no 'Kavach' system on the route, which might have stopped the express trains from colliding with each other. As a political blame game takes over the tragedy, opposition leaders blamed failure in signalling, while railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw …

Railway minister inspects train protection system
2 years, 9 months ago

Railway minister inspects train protection system

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Friday inspected the working of ‘Kavach’ – Indian Railways’ indigenous train protection system — between Gullaguda and Chitgidda railway stations in Vikarabad district on Friday. This system is a major milestone in the history of Indian Railways which is planning to implement this system on 2,000 km during the current financial year on high-density …

Indigenous Anti-collision System 'Kavach' Tested With 2 Trains At Full Speed, Railway Minister On Board - News18
2 years, 9 months ago

Indigenous Anti-collision System 'Kavach' Tested With 2 Trains At Full Speed, Railway Minister On Board - News18

News 18  

On the occasion of National Safety Day, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the working of ‘Kavach’- Indian Railways’ indigenous train protection system in the Secunderabad Division of the South Central Railway zone. ‘Kavach’, which literally means armour, is being promoted by the Railways as the world’s cheapest automatic train collision protection system. https://twitter.com/AshwiniVaishnaw/status/1499708837435408387?s=20&t=aFjRQv9o63ddfdfUrgo-5A The indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection system …

'Kavach', train collision protection system, successfully tested with Railway Minister on board | WATCH
2 years, 9 months ago

'Kavach', train collision protection system, successfully tested with Railway Minister on board | WATCH

India TV News  

Highlights 2 trains will hurtle towards each other at full speed, one with the railway minister on board The two trains won’t collide, thanks to ‘Kavach’ ‘Kavach’ is world’s cheapest automatic train collision protection system: Railways 'Kavach', train collision protection system, was successfully tested on Friday with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on board one of the two trains. The two …

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