Shares of Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd are likely to be in focus after the company announced that it has secured a new order worth ₹151.41 crore (including GST) from West Central Railway, Bhopal Division. The contract has been awarded to the Kernex–KEC Consortium and will involve the provision of the KAVACH indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system on the UHF backbone along with optical fibre cable (OFC) and route diversity across key railway sections.
According to the company’s exchange filing, the project has a completion timeline of 600 days and will cover sections including Itarsi (Excl.)–Khandwa (Excl.) and Bina (Excl.)–Ruthiyai, among others in the Bhopal Division.
This latest win takes Kernex’s cumulative KAVACH order book—including consortium and joint venture partners—since April 1, 2024, to ₹3,136.53 crore. The order underscores the growing adoption of KAVACH, the Indian Railways’ indigenous train collision avoidance system, across the network as part of its safety and modernisation drive.
Kernex, which specialises in railway signalling and safety solutions, has been a key beneficiary of the government’s focus on deploying KAVACH across high-density routes. With this contract, the company has further strengthened its execution pipeline, which now spans several zones of Indian Railways.
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