Kavach, the indigenous anti-collision tech, to secure Mumbai-Delhi-Howrah route first
The HinduKavach, the indigenously-developed train collision avoidance system, is set for countrywide implementation by taking up 4,000-5,000 km each year following the commissioning of up to 2,000 km this year in the South Central Railway zone, said Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday. This is a perfect example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbar Bharat,” he told mediapersons at a railway site near Vikarabad, about 80 km from here. The hooter sounds by itself when a level crossing is approached and this serves as a big boon to the loco-pilots during fog conditions when visibility is low and speeds automatically shift to permissible limits during curves or on bridges, said SCR chief engineer Rajiv Ganguly. This was the first inspection of TCAS by the Minister and he pointed out that Kavach had cleared the highest safety integrity level rating of 4, which meant trains can move at 180 kmph now and tests are under way to take it up to 200 kmph.
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