Indian Railways Sanctions Rs 201 Crore Kavach Deployment in Ambala Division

New Delhi, Jun 15 (KNN) Indian Railways has approved a Rs 201 crore project for the installation of Kavach, the indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, across the remaining broad gauge sections of the Ambala Division of Northern Railway.

The project will cover 811 route kilometres and has been sanctioned under the railway's programme for deploying Kavach with an LTE-based communication backbone on the remaining routes of the national network.

The approved work will extend Kavach coverage to key rail corridors including Ambala Cantonment–Ludhiana, Kalka–Chandigarh–New Morinda–Sahnewal, Sirhind–Daulatpur Chowk, Rajpura–Bathinda–Shri Ganganagar, and Ludhiana–Dhuri–Jakhal sections.

These routes form important passenger and freight corridors connecting Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, supporting the movement of people and goods across the region.

Kavach is designed to improve rail safety by preventing Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD) incidents, automatically applying brakes in unsafe situations, regulating train speeds under critical conditions and reducing the risk of train collisions.

The project forms part of Indian Railways’ broader initiative to expand Kavach deployment across high-density and strategically important routes to enhance operational safety, reliability and network capacity.

(KNN Bureau)