WESTERN RAILWAY

Headquarters Office,
Churchgate, Mumbai-20

No.T .202/5/(3)(R) Date : 26.07.2013

DRMs BCT BRC ADI RTM RJT BVP

Advisor Safety Railway Board, New Delhi
Director General, Railway Staff College Vadodara
Principal, Zonal Railway Training Institute Udaipur.
Principal, Zonal Electric Training Centre Vadodara.
Principal, Diesel Training Centre RTM/VTA
Principal, Signal & Telecom.Training Centre Sabarmati
Instructor-in-charge, Area Training School (Traffic) PL.
BL BRC UJN ATC SBI RJT JND
C/-CRS (Western Circle) CCG.
C/- CSO PCE CEE CME CSTE CSC CAO(C) CCM CPO FA&CAO
C/- CPM ADI CPM(RE) ST.
C/- Secy to COM.
C/- Sr.DOMs/DOMs- BCT BRC RTM ADI RJT BVP for notification to all concerned .

Sub : G&SR- Chapter -III - SIGNALS

Ref: Director (Safety) Railway Board's letter No. 2011/Safety (A&R)/19/3

Dated. 24.01.2012.

An Advance copy of Amendment Slip No. 30 to the above mentioned chapter

is reproduced below. This amendment should be brought into force with immediate
effect, by notification to all concerned.
This has the approval of 'Authorized Officer'.

The Advance Amendment Slip No. 30, July 2013 to the G&SR- 2008 edition, is
given below:
The contents of SR 3.64 (5) (C) at page 86 may be replaced with the
following.

SR 3.64 (5) (C) The shelf life of a detonator is normally 5 years reckoned from the
month of its manufacture, It can, however, be extended from 5 to 8 years
provided that detonators which are more than 5 years old are effective. For this
purpose, two detonators of each batch/lot should be tested at the end of 5
years and if the result of these tests are satisfactory, life of the detonators of
that batch should be extended by a year, on expiry of which similar tests
should be conducted annually to extend the life of the detonators of that
particular batch/lot up to a maximum of 8 years from the month of manufacture.

Where, however, the tests indicate that the performance of the detonators is
not satisfactory; the whole of the stock of the particular batch/ lot should be
withdrawn and replaced by fresh stock. Such tests should invariably be
conducted by a person not lower than the rank of a Supervisor.
Detonators which are more than 5 years old and whose satisfactory
performance has been assured through tests as prescribed above may
continue to be used till their extended life is completed.

Unused detonators which are more than 8 years old and others considered
unfit for use shall be destroyed by the following methods:
(i) By soaking them in light mineral oil for 48 hrs and throwing them one by
one into fire with due precautions.
(ii) By burning them in incinerator.
(iii) By detonating them under the wagons during shunting operations.
(iv) By throwing them in deep sea.

The destruction of time barred detonators should be arranged in the presence

of a railway servant who should preferably be a Gazetted Officer and in no
case below the rank of a senior subordinate. He should ensure that during
destruction, every care is taken to see that the splinters of detonators do not
cause any injury to life and property.

Important Warning- In no case the detonators should be buried or thrown in

water at such places where they could be recovered by human beings.

For COM-CCG