Indian Railways to bring 2,000 km of network under 'KAVACH' in 2022-23 for safety and capacity augmentation

The Indian Railways has planned to deploy its indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, ‘Kavach’, in phased manner across all the network.
To begin with and as a part of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the system will be rolled out across 2,000 km of network in the 2022-23 fiscal.
Subsequently, 4,000 to 5,000 km of network will be covered every year, bringing around 34,000 Kms of network under Kavach.
KAVACH is a state of the art electronic system meant to provide protection by preventing trains to pass the signal at Danger (Red) and avoid collision. This will boost safety in train operation.
The system has been developed by Lucknow-based Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in collaboration with Indian industry. The trials were facilitated by South Central Railway.
Inspection of the successful trial of ‘Kavach’ working system was done by Union Minister of Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw on March 04, 2022, between Gullaguda-Chitgidda Railway stations on Lingampalli-Vikarabad section in Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway.
Advantages of ‘Kavach’ Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system
- Cheapest system
- Comes with Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL-4) certified technologies
- Probability of error is 1 in 10,000 years
- Will open avenues of export of this indigenous technology for Railways

Points to remember:

Name of the Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system launched by Indian Railways to prevent train collision? KAVACH
In 2022-23 fiscal what length of network will be covered under the Kavach system? 2000 km
KAVACH system has been developed by which organistion? Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO)
Trails of Kavach system was facilitated by which division of Indian Railways? South Central Railway.
Union Minister of Railways – Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

Source: PIB