New Delhi, July 10 -- Indian Railways has approved projects worth Rs.381 crore to strengthen railway safety and expand locomotive maintenance infrastructure, with plans to deploy the indigenous Kavach safety system on key Northern Railway routes and create additional homing facilities for electric locomotives at Raipur.

The two projects, approved at a combined cost of Rs.381 crore, are aimed at supporting the growing railway network by improving operational efficiency, strengthening safety and expanding infrastructure in line with rising passenger and freight traffic.

The larger of the two projects involves the deployment of Kavach Version 4.0 on 680 route kilometres of the Rewari-Delhi and Shakurbasti-Bathinda sections, including feede...