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How Kavach and AI Are Strengthening Railway Safety in India

Indian Railways is accelerating its safety agenda through Kavach, an indigenously developed automatic train protection system, which has been empowered by the latest AI-based technology for monitoring. The system allows for actual-time safety and collision avoidance, which has helped reduce severe train accidents significantly, reducing the number of such accidents. Kavach has already been implemented along 2,200 route kilometres, whereas Kavach 4.0 alone has been implemented for over 1,300 route kilometres in five zones across India, along with development work being undertaken on key routes such as the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes. Therefore, a clear commitment to building and developing safety infrastructure. Moving ahead, Kavach 5.0 is being envisaged, which will be integrated with Vande Bharat 4.0 for increasing speeds and density while ensuring
The constraints and difficulties faced while relying on traditional, human-centric signaling are addressed by Kavach, which monitors and tracks the location, speed, and controlling authority of a train and thus potentially prevents Signal Passing at Danger (SPADs), excess speeds, and even possible collisions. Additionally, Kavach also ensures enhanced crew awareness through displays of target speed and distance travelled. Alongside Kavach, AI-driven wildlife corridor intrusion detection and predictive maintenance are still integral and an extension of its capabilities. The rest of this digital initiative also includes AI surveillance, video analytics, and communications, which are part of Indian Railways aim of creating a more secure and tech-savvy railway network.

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