New Delhi, July 30 -- Indian Railways has commissioned the indigenous railway safety system Kavach 4.0 on the Mathura-Kota section of the high-density Delhi-Mumbai route. It is a significant step towards the modernisation of railway safety systems in the country.

Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said that railways has indigenously designed, developed, and manufactured the Kavach Automatic Train Protection System, taking inspiration from PM Narendra Modi's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' vision.

Kavach 4.0 is a technology-intensive system. It was approved by the Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) in July 2024. Many developed nations took 20-30 years to develop and install train protection systems. The commissioning of Kava...