{
  "id": 4812473,
  "title": "Indian Railways Approves ₹170 Crore For Kavach 4.0, Funds To Strengthen Train Safety And Collision Prevention System",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/indian-railways-approves-170-crore-for-kavach-4-0-funds-to-strengthen",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T07:15:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/indian-railways-approves-170-crore-for-kavach-40-funds-to-strengthen-train-safety-and-collision-prevention-system"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Indian Railways has allocated ₹170 crore for the deployment of Kavach Version 4.0 on the remaining 712 kilometres of the Moradabad Division within the Northern Railway, as announced on Tuesday. This indigenous Automatic Train Protection system aims to bolster the safety infrastructure of the division by preventing Signal Passing at Danger and automatically applying brakes to avert unsafe situations. The move is part of Indian Railways' ongoing efforts to modernize railway signalling and train protection systems across its network, ultimately enhancing safety and reducing collision risks.",
  "summary": "New Delhi: Indian Railways has approved deployment of Kavach Version 4.0 on the remaining sections covering 712 route kilometres of the Moradabad Division, Northern Railway, at a total cost of Rs.170 crore, an official statement said on Tuesday. The approved work will strengthen the division’s safety infrastructure through deployment of the indigenous Automatic Train Protection system, the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Indian Railways approves projects worth Rs 675-crore across West Bengal, Bihar and UP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/indian-railways-approves-projects-worth-rs-675-crore-across-west",
        "published": "2026-09-01T07:33:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}