Indian Railways has approved the Optical Fibre Cable Backbone Project of around three hundred ninety-eight crore rupees in the Ahmedabad and Ratlam Divisions.

The Ministry of Railways said that under the project, optical fibre cables will be provided over one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine Route Kilometres (RKm) across Western Railway, including 1456 RKm in Ahmedabad Division and 473 RKm in Ratlam Division. The project has been approved under the umbrella work titled ‘Provision of Kavach with communication backbone of Long Term Evolution on balance routes of Indian Railways’.

The ministry said that the augmentation of the communication backbone will enhance the capacity, reliability, and efficiency of railway communication systems. It will also support modern signalling systems, including the implementation of Kavach, enabling seamless data transmission across the network.