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Railway Board Chairman Reviews Safety, Infrastructure; Focus on Kavach and Modern Signaling
- •A high-level review meeting on safety and infrastructure for all Zonal Railways was held under the leadership of Railway Board Chairman and CEO, Shatish Kumar.
- •General Managers, PHODs, and DRMs of all Zonal Railways participated in the video conference meeting.
- •Eastern Railway GM, Smt. Gitika Pandey, presented the overall safety situation and progress of important safety-related works, including CCTV expansion and signaling modernization.
- •The meeting reviewed the progress of 'Kavach', the indigenous Automatic Train Protection system, with emphasis on its implementation on the high-density Delhi-Howrah route.
- •Shatish Kumar praised Eastern Railway's initiatives and stressed uninterrupted focus on safety, timely project implementation, and use of modern technology.
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Railway Board Chairman and CEO Shatish Kumar presided over a high-level review meeting examining safety and infrastructure across all Zonal Railways. Eastern Railway General Manager Gitika Pandey highlighted safety management steps such as expanding CCTV surveillance, interlocking level crossing gates, modernizing signaling systems, and advancing the indigenous 'Kavach' Automatic Train Protection system.
The progress of the 'Kavach' Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, developed entirely with Indian Railways' indigenous technology, was thoroughly reviewed with a particular emphasis on its implementation along the high-density Delhi-Howrah route.
The review meeting covered track maintenance, the progress of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs), and engineering measures implemented to tackle waterlogging issues in subways and Limited Height Subways (LHS) across Eastern Railway.
