'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 trains hurtled towards each other at full speed, one with the Railway Minister on board and the other with the Chairman of the Railway Board. ‘Kavach’, which literally means armour, is being promoted by Railways as the world’s cheapest automatic train collision protection system. The indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection system has been built to help the Railways achieve the goal of “zero accidents”.

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HBL Power Systems shares soar 6.5% to record high after securing ₹1,522 crore Kavach order
1 week, 2 days ago

HBL Power Systems shares soar 6.5% to record high after securing ₹1,522 crore Kavach order

Live Mint  

Stock Market Today: HBL Power Systems, a leading player in the battery and power systems sector, saw its shares surge by 6.5% in intraday trade on Monday, December 16 to a fresh all-time high of ₹739.65 per share following a significant order win. KAVACH, also known as the Train Collision Avoidance System or Automatic Train Protection System, is an advanced …

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 …

Report blames staff, faulty signals for train accident
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Report blames staff, faulty signals for train accident

Hindustan Times  

Multiple operational lapses by railway staff and malfunctioning signals led to the deadly collision between Kanchanjunga Express and a goods train in June that killed 10 people, an investigation has found, calling for urgent steps to deploy train collision prevention systems. “The accident occurred due to lapses at multiple levels in managing train operations under Automatic Signal failures,” the report …

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 …

Tragedy on rail tracks flags uphill battle
6 months ago

Tragedy on rail tracks flags uphill battle

Hindustan Times  

The 10 lives lost in the crash in Rangapani, West Bengal, early on Monday are a tragic reminder of how railway safety continues to challenge the Indian Railways. Just over a year after the worst rail accident in three decades – the Coromandel Express crash in Odisha on June 2, 2023, that claimed 296 lives – a freight train rammed …

Kanchanjungha Express collision: Railway Board says anti-train collision system not in place on route
6 months, 1 week ago

Kanchanjungha Express collision: Railway Board says anti-train collision system not in place on route

The Hindu  

The Railways’ ‘Kavach’ or anti-train collision system was not in place along the Guwahati-Delhi route, where a goods train collided with the Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express in the rear on June 17, a top official said. Chairperson of the Railway Board Jaya Varma Sinha said that Kavach, an automatic anti-collision train protection system, is being planned for the route. Pointing towards …

Anti-collision system to be set in 2.2K km tracks in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
8 months ago

Anti-collision system to be set in 2.2K km tracks in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Southern Railway has decided to install Kavach, the anti-collision system for trains, for 2,216 km of tracks across Tamil Nadu and Kerala. On-board RFID reader is mounted beneath the locomotive and it can read the RFID tags fitted between the rails and collect information such as unique tag ID, direction of travel and unique track identification number. On-board equipment …

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 …

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 …

'Still in Progress': Odisha Train Crash Puts Spotlight on Status of Decade-old Safety Review on Railways
1 year, 6 months ago

'Still in Progress': Odisha Train Crash Puts Spotlight on Status of Decade-old Safety Review on Railways

News 18  

The Odisha triple train crash on Friday evening is the first such pile-up on Indian tracks and the second worst rail accident in terms of casualty figures in over two decades – 288 and counting with over 800 injured. 28 parliamentary standing committee reports on railways since 1993 Since 1993 to date, the parliament’s standing committee has presented 28 reports …

What is train ‘Kavach’ and why is it trending after Odisha train accident?
1 year, 6 months ago

What is train ‘Kavach’ and why is it trending after Odisha train accident?

Hindustan Times  

After a triple train crash in Odisha's Balasore that claimed nearly 290 lives, and injured over 800 passengers, the railways on Saturday confirmed that there was no ‘Kavach’ system installed on the trains, that could have prevented them from colliding with each other. Opposition on ‘Kavach’ system Many opposition leaders, including Maharashtra Congress's Balasaheb Thorat, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, …

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 …

Odisha Train Accident: 288 killed, around 900 injured
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha Train Accident: 288 killed, around 900 injured

Firstpost  

At least 288 people were killed and around 900others got injured when three trains collided one after another in a horrific sequence in Odisha’s Balasore district. The train crash, one of the deadliest in the country, took place in Balasore district about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar around 7 pm on Friday, prompting the …

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 …

Kavach, the indigenous anti-collision tech, to secure Mumbai-Delhi-Howrah route first
2 years, 9 months ago

Kavach, the indigenous anti-collision tech, to secure Mumbai-Delhi-Howrah route first

The Hindu  

Kavach, 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 …

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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