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Could 'Kavach' have helped prevent Kanchanjunga express accident? Here's how it works

IndiaTimes Monday, 17 June 2024
Jaya Varma Sinha, Chairman & CEO of Railway Board, stated that the anti-collision system 'Kavach' was absent in the Kanchanjunga Express, which tragically collided with a goods train on Monday, resulting in at least 8 fatalities and over 20 injuries. "Prima facie, it seems to be a human error," she said, further adding that "first indications suggest that this is a case of signal disregard."
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 A passenger of the Kanchanjunga Express train, who was in the B1 coach at the time of the collision, shared a firsthand account of the incident. "I was travelling in a B1 coach when the train was hit. I have been rescued, I have suffered an injury on my head," the passenger said. The collision, which...

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