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 of train protection will soon be implemented in this railway zone. General secretary of the association BP Dash made a powerpoint presentation on Kavach, a technological advancement indigenously developed and adopted by Railways as an automatic track protection system to avoid train accidents. President of the association Bobin Mohanty said railway engineers play vital roles in avoiding train accidents and work 24x7 like Kavach.

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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 …

Letters to The Editor — June 18, 2024
6 months, 1 week ago

Letters to The Editor — June 18, 2024

The Hindu  

Rail accident There seems to be no end to railway accidents in India. In the frenzy to flag off Vande Bharat trains across India, the Minister has become a hapless spectator. C. Sachidananda Narayanan, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu Over the past few years, the Indian Railways has been dealing with serious challenges: signal failures, maintenance issues and gross negligence in various …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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