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CHAPTER 3:- Booking of various types of Goods. _________________________________________________________________ Booking of Live Stock: (IRCA Goods Tariff No.41, P1, V1 Rule No. 401 to 416, Chapter No. 4 & IRCM V1, Rule No. – 1467) 1. For booking of livestock, owner is re...

CHAPTER 3:- Booking of various types of Goods. _________________________________________________________________ Booking of Live Stock: (IRCA Goods Tariff No.41, P1, V1 Rule No. 401 to 416, Chapter No. 4 & IRCM V1, Rule No. – 1467) 1. For booking of livestock, owner is required to give 24 hours advance intimation to the Station Manager of forwarding station. 2. Forwarding Note No. Com 627 F should be executed. 3. For booking of livestock, “Transportation of Animal Rules, 1978” issued by Agricultural Ministry of Government of India, should be followed. 4. Livestock will not be booked to / from follow ing sections – i. Neral – Matheran ii. Pachora – Jamner iii. Murtizapur – Yavatmal iv. Murtizapur – Achalpur v. Goods shed located in the jurisdiction of Mumbai city. 5. Determination of space as per weight of animals for booking :- Weigt Space Up to 200 K.G. 1.00 sqm. More than 200 K.G. up to 300 K.G. 1.20 sqm. More than 300 K.G. up to 400 K.G. 1.40 sqm. More than 400 K.G. 2.0 sqm. Determination of space for booking of Horse :- Space Setline Horse 2.25 sqm. Female Mare ( pregnant ) 2.00 sqm. Horseshoe 1.50 sqm. Horseshoe age from 6 to 12 month 1.40 sqm. Horseshoe age more than 12 up to 18 1.60 sqm. month Horseshoe age more than 18 month up to 2.00 sqm. 2 years Female Mare with 6 month shoe 2.25 44  Determination of space as per weight of sheep and goats for booking:- Weigt With wool Without wool Up to 20 K.G. 0.17 sqm. 0.16 sqm. More than 20 up to 25 K.G.19 sqm. 0.18sqm. More 25 K.G. up to 30 K.G. 0.23 sqm. 0.22sqm. More than 30 up to 40 K.G 0.27 sqm. 0.25sqm. More than 40 K.G. 0.32 sqm. 0.29sqm. Booking of PIG :- B.G. :- Area for Wagon/ VPU is 63.55 Sqm. No of pig 104 (per pig area 0.61 Sqm.) " 6. Monetary liability of railway administration as per section 103 of railway Act is as under :- Animal Monetary Liability per animal (₹.) Elephant 6000/- Horses 3000/- Horned cattle, 800/- Camel, Giraffe Small animal/birds 120/- 7. If the actual value of livestock is more than the above mentioned liability and party wants that the Railway’s liability should be up to the actual value of livestock, then the party should declare the actual value of livestock on the forwarding Note and also mention whether he is willing to pay percentage charge or not. On payment of percentage charges Railway’s liability will be up to the declared value/market value; otherwise it will be up to Monetary Liability of Railway. 8. No. of animals which can be carried in a four wheeler wagon has been fixed. When loaded in 8 wheeler wagons the number of animals will be doubled. 9. As per Section 101 of Railway Act, Railway Administration shall not be responsible for loss or destruction or injuries to any animal, arising from fear or restiveness of the animal, or from overloading of animals. 45 10. Livestock will be charged at class LR -3. 11. Livestock will be charged at permissible carrying capacity of the wagon. 12. At destination station, if animals in addition to prescribed limits are detected, undercharges will be collected proportionately. 13. Attendants are mandatory in wagon while loading animals; otherwise they will not be booked. Following number of attendants can travel free of cost. With a 4 wheeler BG wagon 1 Attendant With a 8 wheeler BG wagon 2 Attendants When a BG wagon is booked 2 Attendants to MG to NG or vice-versa 14. Maximum two additional attendants can be permitted, who should have IInd class ordinary ticket. Ticket number should be written on Railway receipt. 15. Consignor will have to execute an indemnity bond for every attendant. Attendant will be responsible for feeding and taking care of animals. 16. After completing journey of 320 km. livestock will be given rest at owners risk at a junction or major station (only once) 17. With the animals following quantity of Grains and other articles can be carried with the animals – Particulars Per Horse / Mule Per Horned Cattle Kit with bucket 40 Kg 20 Kg Grains(Every 160 Km 10 Kg 05 Kg or part thereof) Grass No limit No limit 18. A certificate stating that ‘the animals are not suffering from any infectious/contagious disease’ from a veterinary doctor should be presented. 19. A label should be tied around animal’s neck on which name and address of consignor & consignee, telephone number and certificate number should be written. 20. Consignor should ensure that first aid kit is made available. 46  21. Ramps in adequate quantity of size 5 mtrs in length and 1.5 mtrs in width should be made available by consignor. 22. Grass in adequate quantity should be spread on floor of the wagon 23. Consignor should produce a certificate issued by an officer of State Government or District Magistrate. 24. Loading / unloading of livestock should be done at stations with high level platforms and having adequate facility of water. 25. Railway employee should supervise loading to prevent over loading of animals. 26. In states, where animal slaughter is banned, consignee should give a declaration at destination station that the livestock are not meant for slaughter. Contraband goods and intoxicating goods: - Contraband goods:- Contraband goods include arms, ammunition, and military stores. a. Arms- Fire-arms, bayonets, swords, daggers, spears, bows and arrows etc. b. Ammunition - Dynamite, Land mines, chlorate etc. c. Military stores - Material notified as to in Gazette of Central Government. Rules:- 1. For booking of contraband goods license is required, except for the following circumstances- a. Booking such goods on orders of Central / State Government. b. When booked by a person who is lawfully entitled to possess contraband goods, c. At the time of export/import of contraband goods. d. While booking chlorate for industrial/agricultural/ medicinal use. 2. Two copies of license should be produced along with forwarding note at the time of booking contraband goods. Details mentioned in forwarding note and goods brought for booking should be tallied with license. 3. Arms, ammunition or military stores should be written on packages. 47 4. At the time of preparation of Railway Receipt, License number should be written on Railway Receipt and Railway Receipt number on License. 5. One copy of license will be kept as record along with forwarding note and the other copy will be sent to destination station. 6. Booking and carriage of contraband goods will be done by the route mentioned in the license. 7. Contraband goods should be stacked at a safe place. 8. Separate summary should be prepared for contraband goods. 9. Information will be given to junction station and RPF for safe transportation. 10. All packages/wagons should be dispatched at a time 11. Contraband goods should not be detained en -route. But nominated officer can detain them for investigation. 12. If packages are found in broken state, GRP and RPF should be informed immediately. 13. Delivery will be given at destination station in presence of RPF. 14. Consignee should produce a copy of license along with Railway Receipt at the time of delivery. 15. Unclaimed contraband goods will not be auctioned, and instead will be handed over to concerned department. 16. If consignment does not reach destination station within reasonable time, tracing should be initiated. Intoxicating goods:- Intoxicating goods means intoxicating goods as defined in the Act of the states on which forwarding and destination stations are situated. eg:-Liquor, Heroin, Opium, Cocaine, Ganja etc. General Rules:- 1. For booking intoxicating goods, permit or pass should be produced containing the following information. a. Name and address of consignor. b. Name and address of consignee. c. If any person is escorting the consignment, his name and address. d. Name of forwarding and destination s tation 48  e. Number of packages, their weight, and contents. f. Validity of the permit. 2. Seal of the officer granting the permit must be affixed with on each package. 3. Two copies of permit shall be produced along with forwarding note. Details mentioned in the forwarding note and goods should be tallied with permit. 4. At the time of preparation of railway receipt, permit number should be written on the Railway Receipt and Railway receipt number should be written on the permit. 5. One copy of permit shall be kept as record a long with the forwarding note and the other copy will be sent to the destination station. 6. Booking and carriage of intoxicating goods will be by the route mentioned in the permit. 7. These goods should always be kept in lock. 8. Separate summary will be prepared for intoxicating goods. 9. All packages/wagons should be dispatched at a time. 10. Intoxicating goods should not be detained en -route but nominated officers can detain them for investigations. 11. If packages are found in broken state GRP and RPF should be informed immediately. 12. Delivery will be given at destination station in presence of RPF. 13. Unclaimed intoxicating goods will not be auctioned and instead will be handed over to concerned department. 14. If consignment does not reach destination station within reasonable time, tracing should be initiated. Booking of Dangerous and Explosive Goods: - Definition - Goods likely to endanger the life and damage property and against which ‘d’ is written in ‘General Classification Book, are known as dangerous Goods. Rules mentioned in IRCA Red tariff no. 20 should be followed at the time of acceptance, booking, carriage, stacking, and handling of dangerous goods. There are eight chapters in this book. 49 Section 67 of Railway Act - According to this section, No person can bring dangerous or offensive goods to Railway premises without permission. For booking of dangerous goods, advance intimation should be given to Station Manager and type of dangerous goods should be also mentioned. Section 164 of railway Act - According to this section, If any person contravenes the provisions of section 67 i.e. carries with him dangerous goods without permission to Railway premises, he shall be punishable with fine up to ₹.1000 or imprisonment up to 3 years or both. He shall also be responsible for any loss or damage caused due to above act. Dangerous goods have been classified into 8 groups as under: - 1. Explosives 2. Petroleum and other inflammable goods. 3. Gases compressed liquified or dissolved under pressure. 4. Inflammable solids 5. Oxidizing substance 6. Acids and other corrosives 7. Poisonous substances 8. Radio Active material General Rules for booking of Dangerous Goods :- 1. Dangerous goods will be accepted on nominated days. 2. Forwarding Note No. Com 628 F should be executed. 3. Mixed consignment will not be accepted. 4. Pictorial label should be pasted on packages / wagons containing dangerous goods. 5. Red pencil should be used for writing on seal cards and pocket labels. 6. Rivets and nut bolts should not be used on wagons containing dangerous goods. Private locks can be used. 7. Packages should be handled carefully. 8. Lead wire seal should be used. 9. Dangerous goods not listed in Goods tariff but included in the Red Tariff will be charged at the highest class rate - 200. 50 10. Dangerous goods which are not included in the Red Tariff shall not be booked for rail transport. Explosive goods - Explosive goods are classified into 7 classes: - 1. Gun powder 2. Nitrate mixture* 3. Nitro compound 4. Chlorate mixture 5. Fulminate* 6. Ammunition 7. Fireworks* (* these commodities shall not be booked ). Acceptance / Booking of Explosive good: - 1. For booking of explosive goods advance intimation of 48 hours should be given. 2. Following information should be furnished on forwarding note. a. Correct name of explosive goods b. Class and division of explosive goods c. Actual weight 3. At the time of booking these goods ‘H Certificate” issued by Inspector of Explosives, should be produced in two copies. 4. For explosives coming under Nitro compound class. “A Form” should be produced. 5. One copy of certificate will be kept as rec ord and other will be sent to destination station. 6. These goods will be accepted daily, but at small goods shed/station these goods will be accepted only on nominated days. 7. Weight of one package containing explosive goods should not exceed 50 kg. 8. When weight of one package exceeds 35 kilograms, handles should be provided. 9. Explosive goods should be stacked in locked rooms away from station. 10. Tarpaulins should be used for to protect the explosives from sun & water. 51 11. Explosive goods will not be booked by longer route normally, but to prevent transshipment, they can be booked by a longer route. Handling of Explosive Goods: - Following precautions should be taken while handling explosive goods: - 1. Handling should be done in presence of authorized Railway employee. 2. Handling will be done during day time, exception being packages loaded in brake van. 3. Heavy packages should be handled by two or more persons. 4. Packages with explosive goods should not be thrown, dropped down, & dragged along the ground. 5. Trolleys should not be used for carriage. 6. No open fire should be ignited within 15 meter. 7. Handling persons should not wear shoes with iron soles. 8. Handling persons should not be in a state of intoxication. 9. Handling persons are prohibited from smoking. 10. Handling persons should not be below the age of 18 yr. 11. Handling persons should not possess match boxes, lighters, knives. 12. Entry of unauthorized persons in handling area is prohibited. 13. Explosives should not be loaded in Open wagons. 14. Explosives should be loaded up to 50% of carrying capacity of the wagon. 15. At a time at one station maximum 10 wagons can be loaded. 16. Only one layer of packages should be loaded in a wagon, but if the packages are of same size and weight, they can be loaded up to 5 layers. 17. Separate summary should be prepare d for explosive goods. 18. Loose, Fly, Rough, Hump shunting should not be done of wagons loaded with explosive goods. 19. Shunting of wagons loaded with explosives should be done in presence of authorized employees and speed should not exceed 8 KMPH. 20. After opening the wagon door nobody should enter immediately. 21. If such consignment does not reach destination station within reasonable time, tracing should be initiated and message should be sent to intermediate junction stations. 52 22. Responsibility of Railway in case of explosive goods will be up to termination of transit time. After termination of transit time, Railway will not be responsible. Delivery of explosive goods: - Delivery of explosive goods should be granted immediately at destination station. If such consign ments remain unclaimed, legal notice will be given as per Section 84 and will be disposed off as per orders of DCM. Explosive goods will not be auctioned and instead will be handed over to concerned department. Following explosive goods can be loaded in br ake van of ordinary trains, parcel trains or mixed trains: - 1. Nobel safety electric fuse 2. Railway fog signal 3. Safety fuse 4. Detonators (Maximum - 200 nos.) (226.79 Kgs.) 5. Fine works (10 kgs.) 6. Gun power (37.5 kgs.) 7. Nitro compound (705 kg.). 8. Amorces(0.45 kg.). Offensive Goods: - Goods which gives out bad smell and liable to spoil other goods by their contact are known as offensive goods. Section 67 of Railway Act: - According to this section, No person is permitted to bring Dangerous or Offensive Goods to railway premises. For booking of offensive goods advance intimation should be given to Station Manager. Section 165 of Railway Act: -According to this section, any person contravenes the provisions of Section 67, i.e. carries with him Offensive Goods without permission to Railway premises; he shall be punishable with fine of ₹. 500/-. He shall also be responsible for any loss, or damage caused due to above act. Types of Offensive Goods:- 1. Dry Blood 2. Corpses 53 3. Carcasses of dead animals 4. Bones excluding bones bleached and cleaned for production of articles. 5. Municipal or street sweepings or refuse. 6. All manures except chemical manures 7. Rags other than oily rags. 8. Any decayed animal or vegetables. 9. Parts of human body, ashes, skeleton Rules for booking and carriage: - 1. Offensive goods should not be stacked at station. 2. Entire consignment should be brought together and loaded directly to the wagons. 3. These goods should not be loaded with general goods. 4. Loading and unloading of such goods will be done by consignor or consignee. 5. Pre-payment of freight is compulsory. 6. These goods should be loaded and charged as per permissible carrying capacity of wagon. 7. These goods should not be kept with general goods. If these goods are to be kept with general goods, they should be kept at a safe distance. 8. Other general rules will apply. Booking of Railway Material consignment (RMC): - 1. For booking RMC Forwarding Note No. T-1601 should be executed. Wagon registration fee will not be collected. 2. For payment of freight credit notes duly signed by in charge will be accepted. 3. RMC credit note should be used only for carriage of Railway material & Stores booked by and to Railway official in their official capacity. 4. RMC credit note book will be supplied to officers who are authorized to issue the same. It is prepared in 3 copies. a. Record b. Booking Station c. Accounts office. 54 5. RMC which are carried free of cost are listed in IRCA goods tariff and coaching tariff. Free service way bill (FSW) is issued at the time of booking of such goods. 6. When RMC are booked under general service, rules applicable to general traffic will be followed viz. wharfage and demurrage charges, free time etc. 7. Charging of all types of RMC shall be done at notified class rate of the commodity. 8. If RMC is booked in train load in departmental wagons, then charges with a concession of 30% shall be levied. No other charges/ surcharge shall be levied i.e. busy season surcharge, etc. 9. If a rake consists of more than one commodity, it shall be charged on per wagon basis for the type of commodity loaded. If a wagon contains more than one commodity highest class of the commodity loaded in that wagon shall be charged. 10. These charges shall be levied as per stenciled CC in case of departmental wagons and in case of general service wagons as per notified PCC. 11. Siding charges will not be collected when RMC are booked from private/railway siding (Both in case of Departmental + General Service wagons.) 12. Demurrage charges will not be collected on departmental wagons and on condemned wagons of general service. 13. At Railway premises, used exclusively for handling of RMC, wharfage charges will not be collected. But at Goods sheds/siding meant for general service wharfage will be collected at public tariff. 14. Separate delivery book will be kept at destination station for marking delivery. 15. If goods have been loaded from a siding remark – “Said to contain” and “Loading not supervised by commercial staff” should b e passed on Railway Receipt. 16. GST is applicable on RMC traffic. 55 Military Traffic:- Construction and maintenance of sidings in Military areas is done by Railway. All expenditure will be debited to Defense Department. Only Military Traffic is booked from these siding. Railway employees look after the work at these sidings. Payment is borne by Defen ce department. Traffic offered by all three wings - Army, Navy and Air Force is included. Military traffic includes all types of Military Stores. 1. For booking of Military traffic Forwarding Note No. Com -691 F should be executed. 2. Wagon registration fee will not be collected. 3. Military traffic is booked under Priority ‘A’. 4. While indenting the wagon for military traffic, the type of traffic must be military traffic. 5. While booking traffic from Military sidings, Sidings charges will be collected on actual trip time basis at public tariff. 6. Demurrage, wharfage and over dimensional consignment charges will be collected at public tariff. 7. For payment of freight Military credit notes duly signed by in charge will be accepted. 8. All registers which are normally maintained at goods shed, are maintained at Military sidings as well. Balance sheet will be prepared at siding and will be sent to acco unts office an nominated date. 9. GST is not applicable on Military traffic. Rates of Military Traffic:- 1. For Military traffic, freight will be charged at following classes for train load. a. Class LR1 - When loaded in Military wagons. b. Class 110 - When loaded in General Service wagons. 2. Freight will be charged on permissible carrying capacity of wagons. 3. Freight will be charged at wagon load class rate, in case wagons less than standard Rake size is indented for. 56