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Report No.6 of 2006 (Railways)Audit scrutiny of the records at BCME siding revealed that during the periodfrom March 2003 to January 2004, while the distance from BCME siding toVishakhapatnam Plant Siding (VSPS) in respect of coal traffic (hard coke)booked from BCME siding was correctly charged as 1108 kms. in the case ofimported coking coal traffic booked from VSPS under Waltair division toBCME siding the distance was charged as 960 km. due to failure to computethe chargeable distance via Dankuni. The imported coking coal traffic wasstopped after January 2004. The amount of undercharges was neither detected/realised at the destination point nor noticed during internal check by AccountsOffice. This resulted in loss of revenue to the extent of Rs.0.94 crore.When the matter was taken up (April 2005), the Railway Administration stated(July 2005) that the imported coal has been excluded from the purview ofrationalisation scheme in terms of Railway Board’s letter of August 2001.Charging of imported coal from Port areas to BCME shall be via the shortestand cheapest route. The loss as assessed by the Audit is purely notional andhence not acceptable.The reply is not tenable because sub-clause III of serial No.7 of the orderrelied upon by the Railways is applicable only for movement of coal fromAssam Coal Fields to different destinations on Zonal Railways and does notoverride the route rationalization scheme circulated under General Order No.1of 2000. Hence, the loss as assessed by audit on the basis of rates etc. obtainedfrom Railway’s own records is actual and not notional.The matter was taken up with the Railway Board in August 2005. Their replyhas not been received so far (December 2005).2.3.6 Western Railway: Short-realisation of haulage charges fromContainer Corporation of IndiaNon-levy of haulage charges via the routes by which traffic was actuallycarried resulted in short recovery of Rs.0.93 crore during the period April2002 to March 2005 from Container Corporation of IndiaAs per Memorandum of Guidelines for commercial and operating aspectssigned between Indian Railway and Container Corporation of India(CONCOR), Railway will quote a consolidated line haul charge, per train, perflat or per wagon for recovery from the CONCOR. These charges so quotedwere to determined for specific routes on the basis of distance right up to theterminals of CONCOR. Accordingly, Railway Board has been notifying therates of haulage charges recoverable from time to time.Review of records of four International Container Depots (ICDs) and twoRegional Container Terminals (RCTs) from which CONCOR has beenbooking their traffic in containers revealed the following:• The container traffic booked from Pipavav Port Siding (PPSP) toDhandari Kalan (DDL) by CONCOR was booked and routed viaRewari -Tughlakabad (a specified hub) -Naya Azadpur -DhandariKalan, but the haulage charges were recovered by the shorter directroute Rewari -Hissar -Dhandari Kalan. Non levy of haulage charges54
Chapter 2 Earningsby the longer carried route has resulted in short recovery of Rs.0.60crore during December 2003 to March 2005.• The container traffic booked from Khodiyar (WR) to Danapur andFatua stations of Eastern Railway was booked and carried by Bayana -Tundla but the haulage charges were recovered via shorter route i.e.Nagda -Bhopal. Thus non-levy of haulage charges by the actualcarried longer route resulted in short recovery of Rs.0.22 crore duringApril 2002 to March 2005.• The haulage charges of container traffic booked from RCT, Vadodarawere levied from Vadodara station instead of from the CONCOR'sterminal. As the distance of 3 kms. from Vadodara station toCONCOR's terminal was not taken into account for levying haulagecharges, there was short recovery of Rs.0.04 crore during the periodApril 2002 to March 2005.• The distances for levy of haulage charges in respect container trafficbooked from Bombay Port Trust, Mundra Port Trust, Pipavav SidingPort, Kandla Port Trust and Nagda Junctions to various station of otherZonal Railways were not computed correctly. Thus non-levy ofhaulage charges for correct distances resulted in short recovery ofRs.0.07 core during April 2002 to March 2005.When the matter was taken up (March 2005), the Railway Administrationstated in July 2005 and August 2005 that as per certificate issued byCONCOR on 17 June 2005 the traffic from PPSP to DDL was moved directlyand hence the haulage charges were recovered correctly. As regards thecharging of traffic via Nagda-Bhopal instead of Bayana -Tundla, the RailwayAdministration stated that undercharges have been raised and recovery will beeffected. Railway Administration also stated that the position will berechecked and necessary action will be taken in respect of non-inclusion ofdistance of 3 kms. from Vadodara to CONCOR's terminal. Regardingincorrect computation of distances to various stations, the RailwayAdministration stated that necessary debit as pointed out by Audit will beraised shortly.The reply of Railway Administration that traffic was charged by the actualcarried route, as per certificate furnished by CONCOR, is not based on factsand hence cannot be accepted in audit. In the copies of Inland Way Bills,CONCOR has clearly mentioned that the traffic is to be moved viaTughlakabad. Moreover, on an inquiry by Audit, Deputy StationSuperintendent, Rewari has stated that CONCOR's traffic booked from PPSPto DDL was never carried via Hissar.The matter was taken up with the Railway Board in October 2005. Their replyhas not been received so far (December 2005).55
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