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Kavach Rollout Covers 2,569 km of India’s Rail Network

Kavach Rollout Covers 2,569 km of India’s Rail Network
Kavach roll-out covers just 2,569 km of India’s rail network- Government reveals status in Lok Sabha · financialexpress.com

India is trying to make its trains safer by installing a system called Kavach that can stop a train automatically if the driver misses a signal.

Only a small part of the country’s trains have it right now – about 2,569 kilometres out of almost 70,000.

The system is already working on the busy routes between Delhi and Mumbai, and Delhi and Howrah.

Work is starting on many more routes, but it will take time to finish.

The government has spent a lot of money and trained many people to use Kavach, but they haven’t set a date for when it will be everywhere.

Key facts

Total rail network length
69,439 km
Kavach coverage
2,569 km
Kavach version
4.0
Optical fibre laid
11,253 km
Locomotives fitted
6,153
Funding spent
Rs 3,874 crore
Personnel trained
94,000

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