Train Accident

A train named Howrah-CSMT which left Howrah on Monday night derailed early this morning near Chakradharpur in Jharkhand in the early morning of 30 july 2024. The accident happened in the early morning around 3:40 am in which 18 coaches derails resulting into death of two and leaved behind 20 injured.

This entire accident is happened after colliding with a goods train. The railways official announced a compensation of 10 lakhs each to the families of casualties and 5 lakhs each will be given to the peopled suffered major injuries.

In the last few years Indian Railways introduced Kawach System to enchance the safety and efficiency in its operations.

The term kavach means armor in Hindi. The Kavach System stands for Kavach Train Protection System is an advanced technology made for preventing train accidents due to colliosions and ensure the secure operations of trains.

The Kavach System in Railway operates using combined technologies. It joins a signaling system with an automatic train protection mechanism which assure the train safety operations. It works in three steps.

This system uses ATP to monitor train actual speed and its location. This system detects any signal violations and safety breach and automatically correct it.

This system communicates with track and train signals and ensure that necessary parameters are met. It automatically adjust train speeds and breaks.

It provides real time data to railways control rooms and also provide any anomalies or issues detected in any train.

The Kavach System has been gradually impleted on high traffic routes with a history of safety concerns. As the implementation of Kavach System is increasing day by day, it reduces the railways accidents and ensure overall safety of the Indian Railways network