CURRENT AFFAIRS

2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Railways may soon get an advanced system called _________ to check collisions
A
Tri-Netra
B
Tri-System
C
Tri-Visible
D
Tricare Netra
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is India’s very own automatic protection system in development since 2012, under the name Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), which got rechristened to Kavach or “armour”.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) being implemented on Indian Railways has been designed in a manner to prevent Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD) cases, unsafe situations arising due to over speed and train collisions in station area as well as block section.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a bid to make rail travel safer, the railway ministry earlier this month introduced an indigenously developed train collision avoidance system called Kavach, which automatically brings a train to a halt when it detects an obstacle on the track.

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