Railway &nbsp;Minister &nbsp;Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that 'Kavach' System, the anti-collision test conducted by the Indian Railways to check the indigenous developed system to avoid rail accidents is successful. He held an on-site inspection today near Secunderabad.<br />''<br />''The indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, Kavach, was designed to help the Railways achieve – zero accidents.<br />''<br />'''Kavach' automatically stopped the train before 380 metres of other Locomotive at the front. He tweeted about the successful test of Kavach.<br />''<br />''The test involved two trains – one with the railway minister on board and the other with the Chairman of the Railway Board – hurtle towards each other at full speed. Both the trains stopped 380 metres apart. The Kavach will be the world's cheapest automatic train collision protection system.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The railway authorities informed that once implemented, it will cost 50 lakh rupees per kilometre to operate compared to about 2 crore rupees worldwide.</span><br />
News On AIR | March 4, 2022 8:07 PM
Indigenous anti-collision system 'Kavach' to avoid rail accidents successfully tested by Indian Railways