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AP train crash: Full Kavach cover may take a decade
Mint Mumbai
|October 31, 2023
The protection system stops trains automatically if the driver misses or ignores a signal
The railways plans to speed up the roll-out of safety systems on busy routes to prevent train crashes such as the one in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, but experts said given the size of the Indian rail network, the task may take a decade to complete.
Though the railways has ordered an inquiry into the reasons for the crash, in which 14 people were killed and 39 injured, officials are reported to have already cited human error.
The accident happened when the stationary Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger train was hit on the rear by the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada train between the towns of Alamanda and Kantakapalle in Andhra Pradesh.
The suggestion is that the oncoming passenger train overshot the signal because of human error.
This story is from the October 31, 2023 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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