MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611002258 A) filed by Invertis University; Siddhant Agarwal; and Rayan Bhattacharya, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, on Jan. 8, for 'a railway safety system and method for detecting and managing obstructions on railway tracks.'

Inventor(s) include Siddhant Agarwal; and Rayan Bhattacharya.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A railway safety system (100) for detecting and managing obstructions on railway tracks, is disclosed. The system (100) includes a sensing unit (102) configured to detect the presence of an obstruction on and near the railway tracks in real-time. A control unit (104) is operationally coupled to the sensing unit (102), configured to determine a likelihood of the presence of the obstruction, and generate output signals. A location unit (106) is configured to determine positional data associated with the obstruction. A communication unit (108) is configured to transmit obstruction information and the positional data to at least one remote monitoring centre. A local alert unit (110) is configured to provide on-site warning signals in response to the obstruction. A decision-making module (112) is configured to verify clearance of the obstruction and, upon non-clearance, escalate alerts to railway authorities."

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