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TC-I/2014/108/4 · 2017-03-21

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Circular number	TC-I/2014/108/4
File number	TC-I/2014/108/4 )
Date	2017-03-21
Type	Railway Board Rates Circular / Letter
Topic	freight
Directorate	Traffic Commercial (Rates)
Official source	www.indianrailways.gov.in

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Functioning of weighbridges and weighment of wagons/rakes Sub: Functioning of weighbridges and weighment of wagons/rakes

Text of the circular

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (भारत सरकार) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (a मंत्रालय) RAILWAY BOARD (रेलवे बोर्ड)

No.TC-I/2014/108/4 New Delhi, dt. 21 .03.2017

Chief Commercial Manager Chief Operations Manager All Zonal Railways

Sub: Functioning of weighbridges and weighment of wagons/rakes

Ministry of Railways had constituted a Task Force for suggesting systems and processes to improve the safety performance of Indian Railways. One of the recommendation of the Task Force is that weighbridges should be kept in working order at all times and procedures to handle un-weighed or overweight rakes should be followed scrupulously.

Extant guidelines regarding functioning of weighbridges and procedure for weighment of wagons/rakes, dealing with overloaded wagons are contained in Rates Master Circular/Provision of Weighbridge/2014/0 and Rates Master Circular/Weighment/2014/0.

All concerned may be advised to follow the guidelines scrupulously.

(जुट पाण"

(Lata Kumari) Director, Traffic Comml.(Rates) Railway Board

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