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Article: India: Railways to make GPS-info stringent.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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Byline: rakshali03
Known as the largest public sector employer in the country, the Indian Railways have responded generously to security measures over the years. Continuing on this track, it recently amended its cutting edge technology designed for hassle-free service of knowing the exact location of locomotives via global positioning system (GPS). The urge for change was prompted by apprehensions of terrorist threats.
Two years back, Lucknow-based Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) of the ministry of railways had come out with SIMRAN - satellite imagery for railway navigation - to provide accurate information of speed and location of the ...