India, April 7 -- Indian Railways has approved multiple projects worth 1,364.45 crore to strengthen safety, signalling and communication infrastructure across its network. The sanctioned works include provision of Kavach on locomotives, expansion of optical fibre cable network and replacement of panel interlocking with electronic interlocking systems across various railway zones.

Indian Railways has sanctioned provision of on-board Kavach equipment for 232 locomotives in Southern Railway at a cost of 208.81 crore. The proposal forms part of the umbrella work titled "Provision of Kavach with communication backbone of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) on balance routes of Indian Railways (Umbrella Work 2024-25)" included in the Works Programme (Pi...