What is the status of Kavach installations? Subject: Science and tech Sections: Defence Context: The deadly collision between two passenger trains in southern India’s Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh which killed 14 people and injured fifty persons could have been averted if Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) were in place. East Coast Railway officials indicated that the indigenously developed TCAS called ‘Kavach,’ was not installed on the route  where the Visakhapatnam­ Palasa and Visakhapatnam­ Rayagada trains collided. What is TCAS ­ Kavach? Kavach is a cab signaling train control system with anti collision features. It plays the role of a watchdog over the existing signalling system. It was developed over a period of 10 years, starting in 2012, […]