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| Type | Commercial Circular |
|---|---|
| Topic | freight |
priority class as below:- Traffic Type Priority Sub- Priority When Iron Ore traffic or other raw material to steel plants is loaded from the customer’s own private siding to his own private siding at unloading end for domestic manufacturer 5.2 Block rake traffic will have preference over other traffic within the same
PREFERENTIAL TRAFFIC ORDER No undue preference should be given to any individual or commodity by Railways in allotment of wagons as per section 70 of the Railways Act 1989. But as per section 71 of Railway Act 1989 powers are given to Central Government to give preference for the moment of certain commodities in the interest of the Nation. Railway Administration shall give priority / preference mentioned in the order. PTO is current or valid for one year, but can be extended from time to time. All the commodities are grouped into 4 priorities, namely A, B, C & D. 1. Priority ‘A’: 1.1. Military Traffic, when sponsored by MILRAIL and approved by Railway Board. 2. Priority ‘B’: 2.1 Goods for emergency relief work for victims of natural calamities, like floods, drought, earth-quake etc. when sponsored by an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary of Central/State Government or a non-official organization nominated by the Central/State Government and accepted by the originating Zonal Railway or Railway Board. 2.2 All Food grains except quota traffic notified by Railway Board. 2.3 Levy sugar for Public Distribution System or other welfare schemes sponsored by FCI/State Government or their agencies approved by Railway Board. Proposals for sponsorship of any other commodity by a Central Government Agency will require specific approval of Railway Board. 3. Priority ‘C’: 3.1(a) Coal traffic when sponsored and accepted by authorities as under; COMMODITY SPONSORING AUTHORITY ACCEPTING AUTHORITY Coal & Coke including all variants (except Pet Coke), coal rejects & coal fines when loaded from a colliery siding (including siding serving a captive coal block), Washery siding, Steel Plant Siding, Coke Oven Plant Siding, Siding serving a Port 1. Public Sector Coal companies and co-users of sidings of public sector coal companies for which a contractual agreement has been entered into with a consumer. 2. Private Coal Companies mining captive blocks, Washery Operator and co- users of the Washery sidings, Steel Plants, Coke Oven Plants, CP & RP coke plants. 3. For imported coal, consignors or their representatives or coal importers. 4. For indigenous coal moved through rail-cum-sea-cum-rail route; consumers or their representatives, for the last leg of movement from the port. Executive Director Rail Movement, or in his absence Director/Jt. Director, Rail Movement/ Kolkata for ER, ECR, SER, SECR and ECoR. For other Railways, COM/CFTM of respective zones. i. The sponsoring would be subject to Railway rules and regulations, including Logistics plan for imported coal. ii. Inter-se priority for movement of various classes of consumers will be laid down from time to time by Railway Administration and may be altered/modified as and when necessary. Within the same class of category of consumers, priority for movement may be fixed/altered from time to time depending upon the operational and other considerations. iii. Programmes for transportation of coal from the siding of WCL located in SECR territory would be approved by COM/CFTM, Central Railway. For Imported coal, for all Zonal Railways, PCOM/CFTM 3.1 (b) Iron-Ore traffic as under. COMMODITY CATEGORY OF PRIORITY Iron-ore Traffic Customers owning steel/Pig Iron/Sponge Iron/Pellet/Sinter/ Plants shall be classified into priority and sub-priority class as below:- Traffic Type Priority Sub- Priority When Iron Ore traffic or other raw material to steel plants is loaded from the customer’s own private siding to his own private siding at unloading end for domestic manufacturer. C C+ When Iron Ore traffic or other raw material to steel plants is booked from one end to the other and the customer is having own private siding at either end for domestic manufacturer. C C When the domestic manufacturer moves Iron Ore traffic or other raw material to steel plants from any terminal to any
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