Indian Railways has approved the provision of Kavach Version 4.0 on over six hundred Route Kilometres of the Lucknow Division of North Eastern Railway. The cost of the project is over 250 crore rupees. Railways Ministry said that the approved project will extend Kavach 4.0 coverage across the identified balance sections of the division, strengthening the safety infrastructure available for train operations.
Kavach is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection system designed to enhance operational safety. It helps prevent Signal Passing at Danger, automatically by applying brakes when required and supporting safer train movement by monitoring train operations.
