Lok Sabha Question No. 4630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Kavach System under Atmanirbhar Bharat
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4630

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2023

## KAVACH SYSTEM UNDER ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT

† 4630. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  recently  started  'kavach'  system  under    the Atmanirbhar Bharat;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with its aims and objectives thereof;
- (c) the salient features of the said 'kavach' System;
- (d) whether any testing has been done by the Government on the functionality of the 'kavach' system;
- (e) if so, the details and its outcome thereof;
- (f) the details of total railway network/ route brought under 'kavach' system in the country including Maharashtra and Ramtek Nagpur Parliament constituency;
- (g) the details of total expenditure incurred by the Government on  developing the said system; and
- (h) the time by which it is likely to be established?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c) Yes, Sir. Indian Railway has developed its own indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System called Kavach in association with three Indian firms. In the spirit of vision AtamNirbhar Bharat, Kavach has been adopted as National Automatic Train Protection

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system. Kavach aids the Loco driver in train running within specified speed limits.  Kavach initiates automatic application of brakes in case of over speeding by loco driver.

The salient features of the said Kavach system are as under-

-  Kavach controls speed of the train by automatic application of brakes in case Loco Pilot fails to apply the brakes.
-  Repeats line-side signal in cab which is very useful for higher speeds and foggy weather.
-  Auto whistling at LC gates.
-  Collision avoidance by direct loco to loco communication.
-  Supports feature of SOS in case of any mishap to control train in vicinity.
- (d) to (f) Yes, Sir. Indian Railway has conducted trials of 'Kavach' on Absolute Block  section  of  Lingamapalli  -  Vikarabad  -  Wadi,  Vikarabad  -Bidar  (250  KM) section of South Central Railway.  After successful completion of trials, three vendors were approved for developmental orders on Indian Railways.

Till now 1455 Rkm (Route Kilometre) of network route in South Central Railway has been  brought under Kavach,  out of  which 576  Rkm  comes  under Maharashtra  State  i.e.  Manmad    (Excluding)  -Dhamabad  &  Udgir-Parbhani section. Kavach System in Ramtek Nagpur Parliamentary Constituency has not been covered so far.

- (g) and (h) Total expenditure incurred on development work of Kavach is ₹ 22 Crores.

Till now 1455 Rkm of IR network has been brought under Kavach.

At  present  work  for  implementations  of  Kavach  is  ongoing  in  Delhi-  Mumbai including  Vadodara  -  Ahmedabad  and  Delhi  -  Howrah  including  Kanpur  Lucknow sections covering nearly

3000 Rkm.

The  establishment  of  Kavach  depends  on  various  factors  like  trials  on combination  of  various  rolling  stocks,  varying  track  conditions,  migration  to LTE  (Long  Term  Evolution)  from  existing  UHF  frequency  range  working, Evaluation by Independent Safety Assessor (ISA), therefore, it is not feasible to ascertain fix definite timeline.

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