PWP / LAW Book Short Comings & System Improvement

1. PWP / LAW Book Short Comings & System Improvement

2. PWP – PLAN HEADS • Zonal Rly. submits PWP proposals to Rly. Board • on 12 plan heads ( Except PH – 11NL,PH-14 GC & PH-17 Comp.). • Separate PWP is submitted for PH- 31 - Track • Renewals. • Various 12 plan heads are mentioned below :-

3. PWP – Guide lines by Rly.Board. • Rly. Board communicates Ceiling (C) (Projected- • - BG for PWP Year) to Zonal Railways. • Throw Forward (T) under various Plan Head is • calculated as mentioned below. • Throw Forward = Total cost of – Expected Exp. up • in 09-10 works in PH.to end of 08-09. • Cont…..

4. PWP – Guide lines by Rly.Board. • Norms (N) :- For each Plan head Norms laid down • by Rly. Board is mentioned below :- • PH- 29 , 51 , 52 & 53 - 2. • PH- 32 ( Bridges ) - 5. • Other Plan heads - 3. • Margin to propose work :- Based on ceiling , • Norms and throw forward , margin to propose • work is calculated as follows:- • Margin to Propose works = N x C - T

5. PWP Proposals - Short comings • Proposals are framed without detailed survey, • detailed drawings, design and in case of Traffic • facility works without approval of yard plans by • all deptt. (For NL,GC & DL first FLS is sancd. & after submission of • DPR Project is sancd.) • After sanctioning works, large variation in • quantities and value at the stage of preparation • of detailed estimates , requiring sanction of • detailed estimate at Railway Board’s level • causing delay. • Cont…..

6. PWP Proposals - Short comings • Major changes in scope of work after sanction of • works specially in case of traffic facility works & • works in PH 42 (Workshop). • After sanction of works, abnormal delay in approval • of plans by various departments as initially detail • plans were not prepared.

7. PWP Proposals - Short comings • Abnormal delay in sanction of detailed estimate • due to delay in approval of plans by all departments. • All above reasons leads to delay of more than a • year in starting execution of works.

8. System improvement - Suggestion./Recommendations • In first year’s PWP, list of works costing Rs.2.5 Cr • and more should be approved by Railway Board • with tentative cost for detail survey , planning, • designing , preparation and approval of plans, • preparation of detailed estimate and detailed • project report. This system is already existing for NL , • DL & GC Projects , were initially survey is sanctioned • & at later stage Project is sanction. • Cont…..

9. System improvement - Suggestion./Recommendations • In second year’s PWP after submission of • detailed project report along with survey report , • design, approved plans and estimate, Railway • Board should sanction the work finally. After • sanction of work by Railway Board, sanction of • detailed estimate should not be required so that • immediately after inclusion of work in Pink Book • Railway can go ahead with tendering process. • Work should not be sanction if margin to propose • work is negative. Sanction should be limited to • extent of available margin to propose work .

10. System Improvement - Powers required . • After initial inclusion of works in PWP , power to engage agency for detailed survey, designing, consultancy, preparation of plans, estimate and detailed project report should be given at the level of JA Grade officer without finance vetting & without annual ceiling limit. This should be similar to power of calling quotations.

11. LAW Book- System improvement Suggestions./Recommendations. • Traffic facility works should be included in LAW Book • after approval of Engineering Scale Plan by all • departments. List of such works should be approved • 6 months in advance of processing LAW Book. • Bridge works, should be included in LAW • only after approval of structural drawing. List of such • works should be approved 6 months in advance of • processing LAW Book.

12. LAW Book- System improvement Suggestions./Recommendations. • Work should not be sanction if margin to • propose work is negative. Sanction should be • limited to extent of available margin to propose • work. • Number of works in LAW Book should be • limited to resources available in divisions to • complete work within 2 years of sanction.