New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The Railway Board has extended its deadline for the installation of Automatic Train Protection System (ATPS), Kavach, on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi Kolkata route from March to December 2025.
"Track side equipment for Kavach Version 4.0 on the 3,000 km route of New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Kolkata will be completed by December 2025 and work on the remaining section is underway," budget document, 'Railways estimates for Revised Estimates 2024-25 and Budget Estimates 2025-26' shared by the Board on February 1, 2025 said.
The Railway Ministry had on August 7 last year said that Kavach work would be completed on the route by March 2025.
"Indian Railways has adopted indigenously developed Kavach as National ATPS in 2020 and ...