New Delhi, July 30 -- Indian Railways has launched an indigenous railway safety system, Kavach 4.0, for the Mathura-Kota section of the busy Delhi-Mumbai route.

This is the first commissioning of the latest Kavach version and a step towards modernization of railway safety systems in the country.

"Railways has indigenously designed, developed, and manufactured the Kavach Automatic Train Protection System, taking inspiration from PM'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," railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a statement released by ministry.

"Many developed nations took 20-30 years to develop and install train p...