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FREIGHT AND WAGON MANAGEMENT

· 2010-04-29
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Date2010-04-29
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicfreight

Summary

COMMITTEE-III OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (2009-10) (iv) COMPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (2008-09) .......................... wagons, the ratio of MG wagons to BG BCN wagons is fixed as 4:3.

Text of the circular

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FREIGHT AND WAGON
MANAGEMENT
ON INDIAN RAILWAYS
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITEE
(2009-10)
NINETEENTH REPORT
FIFTEENTH LOK SABHA
LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
NEW DELHI

NINETEENTH REPORT
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
(2009-10)
(FIFTEENTH LOK SABHA)
FREIGHT AND WAGON MANAGEMENT
ON INDIAN RAILWAYS
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
Presented to Lok Sabha on: 29 April 2010
Laid in Rajya Sabha on: 29 April 2010
LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
NEW DELHI
April 2010/Vaisakha 1932 (Saka)

PAC No. 1914
Price: Rs. 80/-
©2010 BY LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in
Lok Sabha (Thirteenth Edition) and Printed by the General Manager, Government of
India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi.

CONTENTS
PAGE
COMPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (2009-10) ...........................
(iii)
COMPOSITION OF SUB-COMMITTEE-III OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (2009-10)
(iv)
COMPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (2008-09) ...........................
(V)
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................
(vii)
REPORT
PART-I
NARRATIVE PORTION
I. Introduction .......................................................................................
1
II. Enhancement of carrying capacity of wagons ..................................
4
III. Expansion of enhanced CC Routes ...................................................
5
IV. Non-fulfilment of pre-requisite conditions ........................................
6
V. Overloading of wagons beyond enhanced limits..............................
9
VI. Punitive charges for overloading ......................................................
10
VII. Adverse impacts of enhanced loading on rail tracks and wagons....
13
VIII. Track Maintenance and Renewal ......................................................
18
IX. Identification and rehabilitation of distressed bridges .....................
19
X. Incorrect  rationale  for  fixation  of  lower  classes  in  respect  of 
certain commodities ...........................................................................
22
XI. Non-provision of separate wagon load class for the highest class
commodities .......................................................................................
23
XII. Impact of lowering the highest class to 250 and 240 .........................
26
XIII. Inadequate investment on infrastructure for regaining the lost rail
traffic share ........................................................................................
27
XIV. Marketing and operational strategies................................................
30
XV. Procurement of wagons .....................................................................
32
XVI. Injudicious notification of stations/sidings for handling full rake
traffic .................................................................................................
36
XVII. Detention of wagons at exchange point/yards .................................
38
XVIII. Under utilization of wagons at transhipment points .........................
39
XIX. Wagon management ..........................................................................
41
(i)

PART-I
OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................
45
ANNEXURES
I. Details of Revenue Earning Freight Traffic for 2003-04—2008-09 ....
60
II. Freight  Incentive  Schemes  launched  in  the  recent  past  by  the
Ministry of Railways .........................................................................
64
APPENDICES
I. Minutes of the sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (2008-09)
held on 8th October,  2008 .................................................................
66
II. Minutes of the sitting of Sub-Committee-III of the Public Accounts
Committee (2009-10) held on 12th November,  2009 ..........................
69
III. Minutes of the sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (2009-10)
held on 26th April,  2010 ..................

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