Indian Railways has approved a ₹201 crore project for the installation of Kavach on the remaining Broad Gauge sections of the Ambala Division of Northern Railway, covering 811 route kilometres across key rail corridors in Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
The project has been sanctioned under the umbrella programme for the provision of Kavach with an LTE-based communication backbone on the balance routes of Indian Railways.
According to the Ministry of Railways, the approved work will cover important sections including Ambala Cantonment–Ludhiana, Kalka–Chandigarh–New Morinda–Sahnewal, Sirhind–Daulatpur Chowk, Rajpura–Bathinda–Shri Ganganagar and Ludhiana–Dhuri–Jakhal.
These routes serve as vital rail links connecting Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and handle significant passenger and freight traffic. The corridors play an important role in facilitating the movement of people and goods across northern India.
Kavach is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system designed to enhance railway safety. The system helps prevent Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD), automatically applies brakes in unsafe situations, regulates train speed under critical conditions and significantly reduces the risk of train collisions.
The expansion of Kavach forms part of Indian Railways’ ongoing efforts to improve safety, reliability and operational efficiency on high-density and strategically important routes across the network.
