GOVERNMENT
OF INDIA/BHARAT SARKAR
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS/RAIL MANTRALAYA
(RAILWAY BOARD)
| No.
TCR/1394/83/6 Pt
|
New
Delhi, dated 28.10.2003 |
The
General Managers (Comml.),
Central Railway, Mumbai.
Eastern Railway, Kolkata.
EastCoast Railway,
Bhubaneshwar.
South East Central Railway, Bilaspur.
South Eastern Railway, Kolkata.
Sub:
Tareweighment of empty wagons
supplied to steel plants for loading
of
Iron and Steel
consignments,
Silica Manganese and Ferro Manganese consignments.
Ref:
Board's letter of even number dated 4.9.2002 (Rates Instruction No 54 of 2002)
Vide
Board's letter quoted above, permission was given to steel plants to
weigh the tare of the empty
wagons supplied to them for loading of Iron and Steel consignments and
Silica Manganese/ Ferro Manganese consignments upto 26.8.2003.
It has now been decided to extend the validity of the permission
for a further period of one year beyond 26.8.2003, subject to the fulfillment
of following terms and conditions:
i) No extra free time will be allowed for conducting such weighment.
ii)
The empty wagons should be weighed in the presence of Railway staff
and the actual tare of wagons found on weighment should be recorded and
countersigned by Railway Staff; and
iii)
The actual tareweight recorded on weighment and the printed
tareweight should be specified in both the Railway Receipt and the
Weighbridge Register.
2. The payload of such
tareweighed wagons shall be worked out by subtracting the actual
tareweight of the wagons from the actual weight of loaded wagons.
If it is not possible to weigh the loaded wagons for any reason,
the pay load shall be worked out by:
(a)
adding the difference between the actual tareweight and the marked
tareweight to the marked carrying capacity if the actual tareweight is
less than the marked tareweight and
(b)
subtracting the difference between actual tareweight and the marked
tareweight from the marked carrying capacity, if the actual tareweight is
more than the marked tareweight.
3. Concerned
Zonal Railways should submit half yearly appreciation reports on the
working of the scheme indicating the total number of wagons tare weighed
giving wagon-wise details of wagons number, type of wagon, printed tare
weight, actual tare weight, the difference, if any etc. The reports for
the period August 2003 to January 2004 may be sent to this office by March
2004.
4. The proposal for
continuance of tare weighment beyond, 26.8.2004 would need to be furnished
by 30.6.2004 duly vetted by Associate Finance of your Railway.
5.
This issues in consultation with Traffic Transportation, Mechanical
directorates and with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate in the
Ministry of Railways.
6.
Issue necessary instructions to all concerned and acknowledge
receipt of this letter.
(L.Venkataraman)
Director, Traffic Comml (Rates)
Railway Board