Indian Railways has approved a ₹201 crore project for the installation of Kavach, an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, on the balance Broad Gauge sections of the Ambala Division of Northern Railway. The project covers 811 route kilometers and has been sanctioned under the umbrella program for provision of Kavach with LTE-based communication backbone on balance routes of Indian Railways.
The sanctioned work will cover important rail routes in the Ambala Division, including Ambala Cantonment–Ludhiana, Kalka–Chandigarh–New Morinda–Sahnewal, Sirhind–Daulatpur Chowk, Rajpura–Bathinda–Shri Ganganagar and Ludhiana–Dhuri–Jakhal sections. These routes serve as key rail corridors connecting the states of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, handling substantial passenger and freight traffic while playing an important role in the movement of people and goods across the region.
Kavach is designed to enhance operational safety by preventing Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD), automatically applying brakes when required to avert unsafe situations, controlling train speed in critical conditions, and significantly reducing the risk of collisions. Indian Railways is progressively expanding Kavach across its network as part of ongoing efforts to improve safety, reliability and capacity on high-density and strategically important routes.