New Delhi, June 15 -- In a major boost to railway safety infrastructure in Gujarat, Indian Railways has approved a Rs140-crore project for the installation of Kavach Version 4.0 across the remaining sections of the Ahmedabad Division of Western Railway.
The project will cover 598 route kilometres spanning 48 block sections and 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 an official statement issued on Monday, Kavach work had already been sanctioned on nearly 702 route kilometres of the Ahmedabad Division. With the approval of the latest project, the remaining sections of the division will also be brought under t...