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News Entry# 567788
Sep 03 (18:55) Indian Railways Expands Kavach Installation: Tenders for 5,000 km, Another 6,000 km in Preparation
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Indian Railways floated tenders worth Rs 2,700 cr in August to install Kavach train protection system across 12 states

Indian Railways has issued tenders worth Rs 2,700 crore for installing the indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, 'Kavach', across 12 states. This comes after several train accidents in India, including the Kanchanjunga Express collision. The tenders, covering 5,000 km, were floated in August and will be awarded by the end...
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of October. An additional 6,000 km of track is already being prepared for Kavach installation. The national carrier has also floated a tender for installing Kavach systems on 30 train sets at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, Punjab. The Kavach system is estimated to cost Rs 50 lakh per km for trackside equipment and Rs 70 lakh per locomotive. The slow rollout of Kavach has been attributed to capacity constraints of existing vendors and the lengthy process for onboarding new ones. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced plans to expedite the rollout of Kavach 4.0 by issuing tenders for 20,000 locomotives, aiming to cover all types of geographies.

Indian Railways ne 12 states mein 'Kavach' naam ke indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system ko install karne ke liye Rs 2,700 crore ke tenders issue kiye hain. Ye India mein aane waale train accidents, jaise Kanchanjunga Express ka collision, ke baad hua hai. August mein 5,000 km ke liye tenders...
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float kiye gaye the aur October ke aakhir tak award kiye jaayenge. Kavach installation ke liye alag se 6,000 km track ki taiyari bhi shuru ho chuki hai. National carrier ne Punjab ke Kapurthala mein Rail Coach Factory mein 30 train sets pe Kavach system install karne ka tender bhi nikala hai. Kavach system ka cost trackside equipment ke liye Rs 50 lakh per km aur locomotive ke liye Rs 70 lakh per locomotive hai. Kavach ki slow rollout ko existing vendors ki capacity constraints aur new vendors ko onboard karne ki lengthy process ki wajah se bataya ja raha hai. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw ne 20,000 locomotives ke liye tenders issue karke Kavach 4.0 ki rollout ko expedite karne ki plans ka elaan kiya hai, jiska aim har tarah ki geography ko cover karna hai.
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