Train Accident: Most of the people in the country travel by train and during this also there is a danger of accident. There are also news about train accidents. Even the country’s fastest train Vande Bharat also met with an accident. In such a situation, now the Ministry of Railways is preparing to put a security cover on all the big and busy routes. This will make the journey reliable and safe.
To avoid face-to-face collision in the train, the Railways has made preparations for armor protection. At present, 3 km in the country. Work is going on to protect the railway tracks from any kind of accident, but soon it will be extended to 34 thousand km. Will be developed till This is being done under the Atmanirbhar Bharat scheme.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav gave information
Recently, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told such a story during a program, which surprised everyone present there. During this, the Union Minister also showed the video of that incident to everyone. It is seen in the video that two trains were coming face to face at full speed, in one of which the railway minister himself was sitting, but when the train came near, it stopped automatically due to ‘armour’.
What is Kavach?
Kavach is an automatic train protection system that automatically stops a train when it approaches another train. This will reduce the risk of accidents to a great extent. This incident took place during his trial. The railway minister himself was also present in the engine of the train during the test of the armour. The safety system has been approved for use at speeds up to 160 kmph and is to be implemented on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors as part of Mission Raftaar. The project was announced in last year’s budget.
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