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Railways Sanction ₹309.26 Crore for Kavach in UP-MP and NCR as Mumbai Rollout Kicks Off

Funding approval for central India installations paves the way for Mumbai Western Railway locals to be equipped with Kavach by end-2026.

Indian Railways has set an ambitious target to roll out Kavach 4.0 across key national routes over the next six years (For representation only)
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Overview

  • The Railway Board has approved ₹309.26 crore to install Kavach on 14 key rail sections in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, including the 102 km Birlanagar–Udimorh stretch.
  • Installation funding also covers more than 790 route kilometres in the North Central Railway zone under a ₹27,693 crore signalling and communication upgrade scheme.
  • Western Railway has begun fitting its 110 EMUs on the Churchgate–Virar–Dahanu corridor with Kavach, targeting full coverage by late 2026.
  • Commissioning of Kavach on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad route is slated for March 2026, extending the system from suburban services to major trunk routes.
  • Kavach is a SIL4-certified Automatic Train Protection system developed under the Make in India initiative, leveraging optical-fibre and LTE backbones and backed by training for over 30,000 railway personnel.