Indian Railways sanctions Rs.12000 Cr for prevention of Rail accidents
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Dec 18, 2017, 12:38 PM
New Delhi, Dec 18: The Indian Railways has cleared a Rs. 12,000-crore proposal to equip electric locomotives with the latest European train protection system.
At its meeting on December 15, the Railway Board cleared the proposal to equip 6,000 electric locos with European Train Control System (ETCS) Level-II to help drivers or pilots to prevent rail mishaps, a senior Railway Ministry official told media.
Besides, the Board also decided to install the ETCS Level-II system on the entire 9,054 km-long Golden Quadrilateral route connecting the four metros to make it a fully accident-free corridor.
The entire project to ensure ETCS Level-II compliance is expected to cost around Rs. 12,000 crores.
There are cases where accidents occur due to the error of locomotive pilots who generally have to work under very stressful conditions.
In a train protection warning system, information regarding the condition of the signals ahead whether it is showing red, yellow or green is communicated to the locomotive and is shown on a display screen called DMI (Driver Machine Interface) in the front of the loco pilot.