CONFIDENTIAL SAo) South Coast Railway Office of OSD, Visakhapatnam. 26.08 1019) No.SCoR/001 Executive Director (E&R), Room No. 333, Rail Bhavan, Railway Board, New Delhi ~ 110001. {Kind attn: Shri Jeetendra Singh, ED (E&R)} Sub: Submission of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for setting up of new zone- South Coast Railway (SCoR) at Visakhapatnam. Ref: Railway Board’s Letter No, E(O)III-2019/TR/96 dated 08.03.2019. eae As instructed by Railway Board vide above reference, Detailed Project Report (DPR) for setting up of new zone — South Coast Railway (SCoR) at Visakhapatnam is submitted herewith. The followifig aspects were covered in detail in the DPR: ‘Jurisdiction of SCOR * Deployment of manpower © Service matters of staff of SCoR ‘© Office space requirements ‘© Requirement of residential quarters ‘© Proposed location of new headquarters office + Requirement of land for headquarters office and quarters ‘* Operational issues ‘* Road map for commencement of new zone Financial implications of setting up of new zone © Other aspects relevant for commencement of new zonein the limited time available at the disposal of the undersigned (joined as OSD/SCoR on 08.07.2019), best possible efforts were made to make the DPR as detailed as feasible. The d ils furnished in the DPR on various aspects such as infrastructure, ‘assets, man power, ete., were gathered from the railway offices concerned. Assistance of WAT division and RVNL unit based at Visakhapatnam was taken in preparing the maps and abstract estimates incorporated in the DPR. The above DPR has been prepared in consultation with SCR/HQ, ECOR/HQ, Waltair Division, representatives of organized labour of both SCR and ECoR and other stakeholders. In addition, the undersigned held wide ranging discussions informally with many officers and staff of both the railways. Financial prudence and operational fluidity of the new zone were kept in mind while preparing the DPR. It is hoped that this DPR will pave the way for smooth commencement of the new Cj er (R.Dhananjayulu) OSD/SCoR/VSKP zone as per the timeframe to be approved by Railway Board. Enclosed: 1. Three hard copies of DPR (duly marked as confidential) and 2A pen drive containi i| CONFIDENT za SOUTH COAST RAILWAY | DETAILED PROJECT REPORT | FOR SETTING UP OF SOUTH COAST RAILWAY PREPARED BY OSD/SCoR/VSKP VISAKHAPATNAM AUGUST 2019 ————INDEX Para No. Description | Sub-Para No. | Page No. 1.0 [Executive Summary 1 to 17 1-2 2.0 _ [Creation of South Coast Railway [2.1 to2.3 = "3.0 Jurisdiction of South Coast Railway B.103.6 (3-7 4.0 HR Planning (Gazetted Cadre Gilw4si4 (7-8 'Non-Gazetted Cadre 42.1104.23 |8-9 - 30 [Infrastructure for new zonal headquarters 5.1 10 5.6 9-10 [Upgradation of existing divisional office 5.7.1t05.75 (10-11 ‘Const fnew ulin for SCOR esau 5810585 (11-13 (Other infrastructure 59.1105.95 [13-14 | | [Medical facilities i415 60 [Residential quarters for officers and staff 15-15 [GM/SCoR’s residence-cum-office 15-16 | (Quarters for JAG and above officers 16-17 for IS/SS officers 17-17 (Quarters for Stat 17-18 "7.0 [Land requirement 18-18 | [Land for zonal headquarters office 18-19 | [Land for residential quarters | ISAG above in East Point Officers" Colony 73.1 19-20) JAGISG quarters 73.2 [20-20 | ‘Alternative location for SCoR/HQ and Officers 74 107.5 [20-21 \ icolony at Mudasarlova 80 [Transfer of posts for SCOR HQ and RGDA — | \division | [Transfer of non-gazetied posts 81813 (21-03 ‘Transfer of gazette posts B21 to 822 23-24 | 9.0 [Service matters of staff opting for SCoR - (Calling for options from staff for working at Tro oT2 (225 ISCoR/HQ. [Giving options for staff working in the present WAT |9.2 25-25, divisional office (Giving options to the field staf of presem WAT (9.3 [25-26 | division | ‘Seniority of the staf¥ of SCOR oa [26-26 | [Staff'in field seniority units 9.4.1 (26-26 ‘Staff in divisional seniority units [9.4.2 [27-27 | ‘Staff'in zonal seniority units 9.43 [27-27 ‘Staff in HQ's seniority units 9.84 27-27 Giving options for Group “B’ officers 19.5 127-28[Para No. Description Sub-Para No. [Page No. 10.0 Road map for commencement of SCoR [Approval ofDPR x Notifying date of commencement of SCoR Setting up of project cell under OSD SCoR . [Calling for options for SCOR/HQ 104 —*(28-29) Posting of senior officers for SCOR 10.5 [29-29 (Office automation of SCoR/HQ 10.6 [29-29 | [Training programmes for SCoR/HQ's staff 10.7 3030 | [Temporary leasing of residential accommodation for |10.8 330-30 Senior Officers (Temporary arrangements for augmenting ORH and (10.9 30-31 SRH at VSKP Facilities for staff deputed for working at RGDA [10.10 31-37 lagainst their options | ___ [Allotment of coaches for inspection i011 31-31 11.0 [Operational issues during transition | Setting up of Central Control Wi 32.32 ‘Redistribution of the present Waltair divisional M210 1124 [32-33 control systems [Materials management during transition period 3 [33-33 12.0 ___ [System of train working on SCoR wid 3434 | 13.0 'Sub-divisional establishment at VSKP- | (Criticality of VSKP area in ECOR’s operations 13.1 34.35 | IVSKP area — an important hub for railway operations [13.2 35-36 ing ivi Vv: 133 36-36 114.0 ____|Construetion Organization of SCOR 14.110 144 [36-37 115.0 |S&T Projects Organization of SCOR 15.110 154 [37-38 1160 [Track Machines Organization (TMO) 16.0 38-38 | 'TMO of present SCR portion 16.1 138-39 FTMO in Waltair division/ECoR 162 39-40 17.0 [Financial implications of formation of SCOR (Capital Expenditure 174 140-40 Expenditure on staff 17.2 4141 | 18.0 |Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Railway Safety 18.0 ia1-411.0 Executive Summary Lt New zone -' South Coast Railay (SCoR); with its headquarters at Visakhapatnam will have three divisions - Guntakal, Gumtur and Vijayawada (duly expanded with some portion OF Waltair division), While proposing the hifurcation of the present Waltair division between SCOR, and ECOR, due consideration was given to the Opemtional issues. Since the present Waltair division will be discontinued of fortation of SCOR. the available office space of the division can be refurbished aid reconfigured within a short time for ‘commencing the new zonal headquarters. 12 Since adequate vacant raifway lands ‘are available at Visakhapamam for Ueveloping new zonal headquarters and requisite residential accommodation, there is no need for any land acquisition on account of formation of SCOR. A new building with a floor space of 23000.SQM is proposed 1o be constructed in the next 2 years for the zonal headquarters at an ¢stimated cost of about 2111.02 crore: 1.3 By way of leveraging the IT ‘enabled office management tools, which are already put to use effectively on IR, more particularly on SCR. new zone can function with lean organization. Further, it is also proposed to outsource most ‘of the non-core and unskilled jobs in the new. zonal headquarters. With this. it is proposed 10 have optimal manpower deployment of 170 officers and 1200_ staff for the new zonal headquarters, excluding work charged establishment ‘under construction and SAT projects OFLANIZATTONS. 1.4 Since it is found feasible to meet the entire ‘staff requirernent-of -the-new-zene!———— headquarters by redistributing ghe posts available with SCR/HQ and the jon, there is no need to ereate any new posts of staft present Waltair diy However, even afier proposing for tansfer of posts from SCR/HQ and ECOR/HQ, JAGISG and lower level, for SCoR/HQ. it may be required to create about 40 gazetted posts, mostly in 1.5 Detailed road map for commencement of SCoR has been indicated in this DPR. which can be set in motion once Railway Board approves the DPR and notifies date of commencement of the new zone, The issues related to posting of staif at SCoRHQ, which is a new seniority unit, were also covered in detail Page 1 of 4216 17 [A detailed transition plan has been inch sure smooth commencement cof the new zone without any disruption to operations, The proposed transition plan will be executed by a small molti-disciplinary team of officers to be posted as a project cell under OSDISCOR Since Visakhapatnam is an Jmportant rail ub, which is ertiel 19 the operations of both SCOR and ECR, {is proposed to have a. multi-diseiplinary team of officers headed by an ADRM posted at Visakhapatnam under the overall administrative control of BZA di on ovens smooth operations and hassle free maintenanee of rail infrastructure and assets in this area, {With the proposed jurisdiction, the new zone — SCOR «will have the following indicative salient features. TONAL SESE ER pee Route length 3496 KM | Running Track length 5437 KM aaa pe | Rs. 12200 crore (2018-19) [Originating earnings | seit ibading | 87 Milne 201819) | el | Sioned eat erenath | Har raTaar aah od en Tacingroae a |S Krishnapatnam and Kakinada) | “Major ‘stations (NSG-2 category) t 3 (Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupatiy ee ee “Loco Sheds Seen 3 Electric (WAT. BZA and GTL) and | 4 Diesel (WAT, GY, GTL and BZA) a poate | Workshops mie | MCSENOOS besa yu ol seats tee ae GHEE ‘ajor feign examination yards | 4(WAT. BZA, iY and COA) ‘Coaching depots ST (WAT. TPTY. BZA, ‘COA, NS. MIM and GNT) \ | nai ae eimpaRP | Track Machine Workshop Central POH workshop at ‘RYP | EE ‘MEMU Car Shed T(RIY) | Toa One each for coaches at TPTY atid wagons at RYP and 3" workshop for ‘wagons to be commissioned by Nov'2019 at ‘Vadlapudi near Visakhapatnam. Page 2 of 41=. 23 3.0 at 32 Creation of South Coast Rail ay On 27.02.2019, Hon'ble Minister of Railways announced creation of new zone ~ South Coast Railway with Headquarters at Visakhapatnam. It was declared thot the new zone will comprise of existing Guntakal (GTL). Guntur (GNT) and Vijayawada (BZA) divisions of South’ Cental Railway and: the present Waltair (WAT) division of FCOR shall be split into two parts with one part getting merged with the neighboring BZA division and becomes part of new South Coast Railway (SCoR) and the remaining part of Waltair division shall be converted into @ new division with Headquarter at Rayagada (RGDA) under East Coast Railway (ECOR }. Railway Board posted OSD/SCoR at VSKP vide letter No.E(O)III- 2019/TR/96 dated 08.03.2019 to undertake planning and preparatory work for the formation of new zone at Visakhapatnath (VSKP), such as, survey of existing infrastructural facilities. requirement of land acquisition, preparation of DPR for additional requirements and blue print for smooth transition of staff into new zone, It was stipulated that DPR must be submitted within six months, [As instructed by Railway Board, OSD/SCoR’s office started functioning at ‘VSKP with minimal staff In consultation with all stakeholders i.e.. SCR/HQ, ECoR/HQ, WAT diyision and others, this DPR has been prepared to facilitate formation and commencement of new zone = South Coast Railway (SCOR). ‘Jurisdiction of South Coast Railway The present divisions of BZA: G part of SCoR on “as is where is” basis with all their infrastructure and assets. and GNT of SCR will become integral Keeping in view of operational issues, it is proposed (o bifureate the present WAT division between SCOR and ECoR as follows: i) Koraput-Singapur Road (164 KM) section will form part of the proposed RGDA division under ECoR. Page 3 of 41ii) Kothayalasa (KTV)-Kirandut Line (KRDL) (KK line) This is an important mineral route with ruling gradient of 1 in 60 with some block sections prone for stalling of loaded freight trains. Hence, it is preferable to fix inter-zonal boundary in such # way that on either sides of the interchange point there shall not be any stalling prone sections. Further, it would be preferable to have the interchange point 4 a station which has better operational flexibility in the form of more running lines to regulate trains and also availability of field officers ‘and supervisors for troubleshooting. Keeping these factors in view, it would be ideal to split the KK Hine at Araku station with Kothavalasa (KTV)-Araku (ARK) (including) (106 KM) to be retained with SCoR and Arak (excluding) - Kirandul (KRDL) (340 KM) to be part of RGDA division under ECoR. iii) Vizianagaram (VZM)-Singapur Road (SPRD) Section ‘This double line Section is part of the Important RV line, where 3" line ‘works afe in progress. In this section, it is proposed to keep Kuneru (KNRT) as the zonal interchange point with Kunera (KNRT) (exeluding)-Singapur Road (SPRD) (37 KM) forming part of the proposed RGDA division under ECOR. The section from VZM 10 ANRI (including) (102 KM) along with Bobbili (VBL) - Salur (SALR) brangh line (17 KM) will form part of SCOR. ix) __Naupada (NWP)-Gunupur (G PR) line branch line seotion with rail connectivity only at one c.. at Naupada staffon with Vizianagaram (VZM)-Palasa (PSA) main line, operational control of this section cannot be split between Since this is end, two railways/divisions. At present only four pairs of coaching services fre run in-a day. out of which three pairs are for Palasa direction and ‘one for VSKP direction. Majority of the passengers originating on this branch line and travelling for destinations beyond Naupada are bound for destinations towards Palasa direction, As such this branch line is operationally more oriented towards Palasa direetion rather than Visakhapatnam direction. No freight trains are running on this branch line at present. Page 4 of 44» It is pertinent 10 note that once-the sanctioned new Tine between Theruvali (THY) and Gunupur (GNPR) (79 KMs) is completed, there will be a through rail connection between VZM-PSA main line and VZM-Raipur (RV Line) and many freight trains and long distance ‘coaching trains will run on this section. Keeping this perspective in ‘View, it would be ideal to keep the entire NWP-GNPR branch line with ECOR $o that the trains coming from Khurda Road (KUR) division and bound for Raipur and Rayagada divisions requiring passage through PSA-NWP-GNPR-THV route will nun entirely under one railway's jurisdiétion. It is. therefore, proposed to keep PSA-NWP main Tine (25KM) and NWP-GNPR (90 KM) under ECOR. Since, till such time THV-GNPR new line is completed. RGDA division will not have direet rail connectivity with this section, it is suggested 16 keep PSASNWP (including) main line and NWP-GNPR branch line under Khurda Road (KUR) division of ECoR for the time being. This would facilitate transfer of these two sections to Rayagada division once THV-GNPR new line is commissioned fully, thus the entire route will continue to remain under the operational control of ECOR. ‘The following sections which are presently with WAT division shall form part of SCOR: 1, Duwada (DVD) — Visakhapatnam (VSKP) — Vizainagaranr 7M) Nauplia NSP aan Line — 2. All ‘the ral linkages in VSKP area such as Simhachalam North (SCMN) - Vadtapudi (VDPD) — Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSPS), Simhachalam North (SCMN) ~ Duyvada (DVD) Bypass line, Duvvada (DVD) -laggayapalem (GPM). Duvvada (DVD) - Yadlapudi (VDPD), ete. All the above sections of the present WAT division, which are proposed to be part of SCoR, will be merged with BZA division Page S of 4133 With the ubove proposals, the present jurisdiction of Waltair Division stands distributed as follows: RouteRunning Track] ECoR Total Ne RGDA KUK in ee __ Division _ Division Beas a | | Rae KM Sa us 1106 | Running Track KM. 579 140 1698 ‘An indicative system map of the present Waltair division duly depicting the proposed distribution of its jurisdiction among. RGDA, KUR and BZA divisions is placed at AnnexuresI.. However, in the event of any decision to keep the jurisdiction of Khurda Road division unchanged for the time being. the above two sections, i.e, Palasa-Naupada main line and Naupada-Gunpur branch line, may be retained with SCoR as a part of expanded BZA division, 3.4 Consequient to the above. the following are the new zonal interchange points between SCOR and ECOR: SL_| Section | Interchange point along | Between divisions | No. _ with controlling division 1 \VSKP-PSA |Naupada (NWP) controlled [BZA and KUR divisions Main line _ [by KUR division of ECoR | 2 KK Line |Araku (ARK) controlled by [BZA and RGDA divisions BZA division of SCOR aes 3 ine Kuneru (KNRT) controlled [BZA and RGDA divisions by BZA division of SCOR pe With the above proposed jurisdictions, SCoR will have following division- 3S "wise Route km and Running Track KM ee | Route Km | Running Track Km sia 2631 _| } 1452 2145 NT Te ON cate) 3496 3437 There may be minor changes in the above kilometcrage when the zonal boundaries sre fixed on the ground keeping in view of the obligatory parameters, such as, location of signals, bridges/culverts, ete. An indicative system map of the new zone SCOR after merger of part of the present Waltair ision is placed at Annexure-IL Page 6 of a16 All the inirastructure and assets of the present WAT division are proposed to be bifurcated between SCoR and CoR on *as is where is’ basis as per the above proposed jurisdictions. Accordingly. Electric Loco Shed/Waltair Diesel Loco Shed/Waltair, C&W examination facilities, upcoming Wagon Workshop at Vadlapudi and all other infrastructure and assets located within that part of the present WAT division which is proposed to be merged with BZA division shall come under the administrative control of SCOR. 40 HR Planning for SCoR 41 Gazetted Cadre * 4411 No specific guidelinessbenchmarks are available 10 work out the cadre strength of either gazetted or non-gazetted for a zonal railway headquarters office. 1 sly high at older was seen in general that the cadre strength deployed is invari railways’ headquarters as compared to newer railways apparently due to historical reasons, As such it may not be advisable,to take them as a benchmark while planning for staff sanctions for a new zonal headquarters. 4.4.2 Before working out the requirement of officers and staff for SCOR, a general analysis of the cadre strength of the seven zones which were formed during the year 2003 was made and it was noticed that they are varying widely from ‘zone to zone. While the workload certainly would have influenced the cadre strength deployed atznew zonal headquarters, it appears there was another eT rshiciming Taclor, be) Zonal Readquancs Bemg at a popatar toeatio factor, ie. zonal headquarters being ‘overwhelm seems 10 have weighed heavily. in influencing the actual deployment of _ officers and staff over a period of ti 4.1.3. Since, advanced office management tools, such as e-Office, IPAS, FOIS. ‘TMS. MMIS, IREPS. IRPSM. e-DAS, etc., are now available, it is felt that SCoR should take full advantage of such tools and evolve in earnest as a smart railway headquarter with lean organization. 4.1.4 Among the seven new zonal railways. SWR, SECR and NCR seem to be working with optimal number of Gazetted cadre. Keeping in view of the anticipated workload of SCoR in terms of train operations, freight loading, ‘number of passengers, infrastructure/asset base, ete, it would be appropriate compare it with SECR and NCR. As such an overall Gazetted cadre strength Page 7 of a142d of around 170 appears to be reasonable for the new SCOR headquarters. ‘The indicative grade-wise break-up of Gazetted cadre would be as follows: GM. a | AGM/HAG (PHODs) [SAG _ ole ‘The above indicative cadre strength does not include the work charged establishment under CAO/C and S&T projects, which keeps changing depending upon the provisions available under various projects'works. Details of department-wise indicative break-up of 170 cadre strength (except (GM) are: enclosed at Annexure ~ III, Non-Gavetted Cadre On the non-gazetted front also among the new zonal railways, WCR, SWR, SECR and NCR are having relatively less deployment in headquarters office ‘as compared to other new zonal railways Which were formed in 2003. Among these four zones, from work toad point of view, WR. SECR and NCR are comparable to the anticipated work load of SCOR. Accordingly. itis felt that SCOR headquarters office can manage with non-gazetted cadre strength of around 1200. for all departments put together except work charged establishment under Construction and S&T projets, The broad cadre strength 4.2.2 ‘OF SANT FeqUiTEN is as TOMTOWS- ‘Non-Ministerlai Supervisors, | 708} Inspectors, SSE, JE, SSO/SO, ‘AA, ISA. RPF, ete)" Ministerial staff Level-I stall ciel include the posts of TADK Details of depanment-wise indicative break-up of non-gazetted staff are enclosed at Annexure-IV. With the office automation on one hand and scope for outsourcing of non-core and unskilled jobs, such as, housekeeping. office assistance (Peons), it is felt that the number of staff required in Level-I category ean be contained at 120. Page B of 41423 5.0 Sl Above proposed stnétions do not include, non-gazeued work charged ‘establishment iinder CAOVC and CSTE/Projects. The work charged posts under these tWo establishments will continue to get sanctioned and operated 2s per the provisions available under various projects and. works under the territorial jurisdiction of SCOR. It is, therefore. proposed to bifureate the present work charged establishment under SCR and ECoR proportionately on the basis of the projects and works located within the ju indicated in Paras 14.0 and 15.0. Infrastructure for new zonal headquarters _ Setting up of new zonal headquarters at VSKP primarily needs offiee space for onal headquarters and its ancillary units, residential quarters for both officers and staff, welfare infrastructure, such as hospitals and recreational facitities. Keeping in view of the number of officers and staff proposed to be deployed at new zonal headquarters, office space requirement is worked out as per the norms in terms of SQM (square meters) for different grades of officers and staf? as stipulated in Railway Board's eter no, 5720-w dated 12.08.1976, The norms are as follows: Grade SOM 60 30. The total office space requirements for seating 170, officers and 1080 Group C’ staff is worked out as follows: f Grade No. of officers f & staff GM eee AGMIMIAG (PHODS) iB ‘SAG (HOD) 30 5 81 ToR0 Page 9 of 4152 Since, the present WAT division is being bifurcated and will no longer be functional on formation of new zone. existing infrastructure of WAT divisional office can be readily used to cater to the immediate requirements of new zonal headquarters, 5.3. The existing office of WAT division has a plinth area about 11,536 SQM of office space in both ground and first floors together. As such, new zonal headquarters can straight away be accommodated in the existing WAT divisional office to begin with 5.4. * The construction offices which are already located at Visakhapatnam have got a combined office space of 2872 SQM of plinth area. This office Space is * presently not fully used. In fect, out ofthis plinth area of 2872 SQM. as much as 1600 SQM located within the divisional office compound is tying vacant. ‘As such, readily available office space of plinth ares 2872 SQM can be of CAOIC and CSTE/Projects. utilized to accommodate the of 5.5 _ In addition, a newly constructed P-Way traifing Schoo! with @ plinth area of 3000 SQM is almost ready for usage. This building is located at a walkable distance from the present divisional office, This building also can be utilized to temporarily accommodate some offices of new zonal Headquarters. : 56 In respect of other field units, which are already functioning in VSKP area, such as offices of field unitssupervisorsidepots, they will continue as itis $$$ retro amy change even after oration 68 R-$$ $$ "8.7 Uparadation of existing divisional office a 571.1 The present office spaces available in divisional office and construction offices are functionally configured for the working of divisional and field set up, where the number of officers is limited, Once, the same office space is to be used for working of zonal headquarters, where number of officers. particularly, senior officers will be more, there is a need to reconfigure and refurbish the enisting office space to befit the standards of zonal headquarters, albeit on a temporary bass. 5.7.2. Presently there are 59 officers’ chambers in the divisional office as against the need for 170 officers’ chambers in the new headquarters office when all officers are posted as per the proposed gazetted cadre strength. Ttis, however, Page 10 of 41likely that the Full complement of offi xs will got posted over @ period of 2 years after conimencement of the new zone. 5.7.3 All. the existing officers’ chambers in the divisional office will be upgraded to serve the requirements of senior officers of headquarters. Further, additional chambers will be added to meet the shortfall. The approximate cost of such refurbishing works out to €4.75 crore vide details furnished at Annexure-V. This cost would be incurred in phases as the officers Keep joining the new zonal headquarters: ‘The exact space allocation and reconfiguring/refurbishing, works will be taken up on approval of DPR by the project cell under OSDIVSKP in coordination with WAT division. 3.7.4 Ibis pertinent to note that some of the § that are proposed to be procured as part of shove refurbishment works such as furniture. computers, AC units, ete., can be relocated to the newly proposed zonal headquarters building for further usage. 3.7.5 Even though the proposed staff strength of SCOR/HQ is 1200 as compared to 1041 of WAT divisional office. the actual number of non-gazetted staff that would be working in the headquarters office will be mote or fess same as the present divi itial two years of commencement of new office. As such no additional office space is required on staff account. os building for SCoR headquarters 5.8.1 The existing divisional office building was made of stone masonry. with RCC roof slab supported by MS-Steel beams encased in concrete. “This building ‘was initially constructed in the-year 1963 and subsequently exy in phases, The building has already completed 56 years of service and its continued usage beyond a few more years may. call for heavy repairs and we lacks many of the facilities that are maintenance. Moreover, this buil required for smooth and efficient functioning of a railway headquarters. It is also pertinent to note that this building lacks the aesthetics that is expected of a new zonal headquarters. [As such, the existing divisional office and the construction sheds can house zonal headquarters including construction organization on a purely temporary basis. Page 11 of 152° Since the temporary accommodation that is going, to be utilized for commission a the new zonal headquarters may not serve the intended purpase beyond 2-3 years, itis proposed to construct a new building for the ‘onal headquarters befitting the status of a new railway. “The bare minimum floor space required for new zonal headquarters was worked out as 11105 SQM vide Para 5.1. In addition, the following common fais are requires for smooth and efficient functioning of new Zonal headquarters: a ar la Common Amenities [Capacity No.__ SQM. ‘Total SQM Conference Hall + Pantry CO seater| 1 ( 3 360 | GM’s/AGM'’s visitors room. seater 1 | 60 | 60. Mini conference rooms. 20seater 6 | 100. 600 PHODSs visitors rooms ‘OSseater, 12 | 20 | 240 e Reception, L 50. 30 ‘Central Control, FOIS. COIS. i200 Disaster Management Centre [a feaeas | 200 [Library Ioccdanitetd 100 ‘Exam Training Room Oseater| 2 | I 200) | Departmental Record Rooms Lata 480, Ladies Rest Rooms [ 12 5 o__| ‘Canteen. TrsOseater 1 | 400 400 ‘Auditorium 300) 1 |_1000 | 1000 “Bank mete 1 200 200 | Total 4150 458.3 ‘Thusy-a-toml. floor. space of 15255 SQM (1110544150) is required for hendquacters office. Further, 20% additional Noor space needs to be added to the above to caterjo-common areas such as, coridors, lounge, stairs. lifts, AC ‘ducts, fire safety arrangements, Security ‘i - ______fop-the physically challenged ctc. “Thus, the new headquarters ‘balding of SCoR (excluding construction organization) would need a total built up area of 18306 SQM. - SBA Presently the CAOIC's office of SCR is functioning from an exclusive building with a plimh area of 3525 SQM (after excluding CRS/SCC’s office) ‘at Seéunderabad. Further, another 4405 SQM of plinth area is being added to aecommodate other wings of Construction Organization such os S&T. Finance, etc. Going by the premise that SCR's construction organization isto te split more or less into two equal halves, SCoR may need about 3965 SQM for secommodating that part of the present SCR'S construction organization, which is merging with SCoR. In addition, there is a small construction unit headed by a CEC of ECOR based at VSKP to look after the projects/works on Page 12 of 42the present Waltair Division. This unit is utilizing an office space of 725 SQM. presently in Waltair divisional office premises. Thus the SCoR’s construction of about 4690 SQM. organization may requite a total floor spai With this, the total floor space requirement of SCoR’s Headquarters building complex would be 22996 SQM or say 23000 SQM: Incidentally, the DPR of ECoR also projected floor space requirement of same 23000 SQM for new headquarters building in the year 2002. The abstract cost of the proposed building works out to & 111.02 crore, Details ate furnished at Annexure-VI. 3.8.5 With a view to making the new zonal headquarters building an iconic structure befitting its stature and standards as the administra vibrant new SCOR, it should be built with contemporary architectural features as a green building confirming to the standards of IGBC with all round fe headquarters of a greenery and landscaping. Once the proposal to construct new administrative building for SCOR is approved, the services of a reputed professional agency can, be roped in, Separate parking for both official and private vehicles of officers and staffean be planned within the zonal headquarters campus. $9 Other infrastructure 5.9.1 The existing field establishments, which cater to running and maintenance of rail infrastructure and assets based at VSKP such as Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, S&T, Stores depots. Loco Sheds, Wagon depots. Coaching depots continue oneas is where js” 9.2 The existing ETTC/BZA which is very professionally managed is sufficient to cater to the training needs of electric traction running staff of SCoR. Hence. te. the ETTC/VSKP needs to be profiessively discontinued after ensuring ECoR has made adequate alternative arrangements for training its staff. Similarly, DITC at GTL can cater to the training needs of diesel traction running staff of SCOR. Incidentally. entire BZA division including the extended portion of WAT division was already electrified. As such, there is no need to continue DITC/VSKP in due course of time. It is, therefore. proposed to close it down afier ECoR makes suitable alternative arrangements for its staf: Similarly, the division level training institutes presently in operation at Visakhapatnam and elsewhere on Waltair division for training the field level Page 13 of at39.3 594 5.95 staff such as trackmien. pointsmen, etc., will Be Wiscontinued and the stalT will be trained at the division level institutes based at BZA. institute needs t0 be trainin needs of Stuf of all departments of SCOR, A new integrated multi-diseiplinary zonal tra developed to eater to Engineering. Mechanical, Operating, Commercial and S&T ete. It would be ideal to locate such « sonal institite at Vijayawada in view of its such as C centralized location to facilitate staff of all the three divisions. Till this institute comes up at BZA, SCoR staff should continue to make use of the ‘raining facilities available at zonal level training centers of SCR based at Secunderabad. Waltair division has already developed excellent infrastructure for staff’ ‘welfare and recreation such as Officers Club, Railway Institutes, Function Halls, Indoor Sports Complex. Cricket stadium, etc. These facilities can be improved further under the aegis of SCOR headquarters in due course. With the progressive development of divisional stores depots for all the three divisions of SCOR. Le. BZA, GIL and GNT, which will cater to the respective divisional needs. there may dt BE any née for developing yet another new zonal level General Stores Depot (GSD) at VSKP. The material Fequirements of SCOR/HQ can be taken care of by the present Wagon and General Stores Depot based at VSKP, which essentially: caters to the material requirements of C&W depots at VSKP. jonal Railway Hospital (DRH) at Visakhapatnam which caters to the medical requirements of around 17800 employees and their families and nearly 17000 RELHS beneficiaries and their families. This hospital functions with 13 doctors, 1 nursing officer. 80 nurses and paramedical staff, and 200 dressersiattendants. Specialist railway doctors Cover the fields of medicine, surgery, gynecology: ophthalmology and aviesthésia. Specialist consultants and honorary visiting doctors’ are hired for dental, orthopedics, and ENT {eatments. This hospital has tie up for'referrals with reputed hospitals in VSKP for Cardiology, Nephrology and Cancer treatment and also for specialist diagnostics & investigations, Page 14 of a15.10.2 With the establishment of zonal headquarters at VSKP, there is a need to augment the medical infrastructure and availability of doctors and paramedical staff of existing Divisional Railway Hospital to the level of SCR’s Central Hospital at Lallaguda, Secunderabad. This upgradation can be planned in due course after commencement of SCoR. 6.0 Residential quarters for officers and staff 6.1 Visakhapatnam is a vibrant city of about 25 lakhs population with immense ‘opportunities for education, employment and recreation. It is an important economic and industrial hub on East Coast between Kolkata and Chennai cities. As'a result of its growth potential, this city has emerged as a popular and staff. place of posting among non-Metro cities for railway office 6.2 GMISCOR’s residence-cum-office ‘There are two buildings at VSKP, which have the ambience and facilities to serve as: GM's residence-cum-office. i.e. (i) East Point Officers’ Rest House (Classic) building near R.K.Beach and (ii) present DRM/WAT's residence- cum-office opposite to VSKP railway station. ‘The East Point ORH building was built way back in 1892 and is located at a Vantage location with beautiful ambience and is maintained very well. It was learnt that recently an amount of 274 lakhs was spent to renew and refurbish this iding. Further this building has sufficient open space in the front and also around it for developing beautiful landscaping and is also having ~~ sufficient floor space. It can, therefore. serve eminently cum-office with minimal modifications. Alternatively, the present DRM’s residence-cum-office also can be upgraded and utilized for the purpose. as the post of DRM/WAT will not be operated ‘once the present Waltair division is split and discontinued In the event of choosing the present East Point ORH (classic) building for GM’s residence-cum-office, we may plan to construct four more suites for ORH in the premises of Nova building at East Point Colony Page 15 of 416.3 Quarters for JAG and above officers 6.3.41 With the establishment of new zonal headquarters at VSKP, about 100 senior officers are expected to be posted additionally here.. It is, therefore, required to construct new Type-V and Type-Vi quarters. While assessing the need for new quarters for officers. it is presumed that for senior officers in SAG and above, almost 100% requirement is to be met, while for JAG/SG it would be 75%. Accordingly, the following is the assessment of new officers’ quarters ei ie {aster re AGM/IIAG (PHODs) 13 a ‘SAG (HOD) as JAGSG 0 required: 632 “The above requirement of quarters takes cire of not only the officers that sould be posted in’ HQ as assessed at Para 4.1.4 but also the officers 10 be posted in work charged establishment of construction and ST projects “organizations. Further. @ few more new Type-V quarters are also added in lieu of the old quarters, which are to be removed near divisional office and East Point Colony for constructing new zonal headquarters building and senior officers’ quarters respectively. 6:5: Keeping in-view-of above quarters requirement tor otficers and by adopting : the norms stipiated by Railway Board for quarters type and plinth area for different grades of officers vide Railway Board letter noZOT3/LMB/10/5 dated [1.122013 (RB/L&A No. 007/2013), the toral plinth area of the officer's quarters is worked out as follows: Grade Novofunits | Type SQM/Unit_| Total SQM) AGMPHODS | 13 VI SAG 40 JAGSG | __ 30 Fowl —_|___105. Page 16 of 426.3.4 The abstract cost of construction of above quarters works out to € 69.76 crore as given under Grade] Ty Units Cost % erore Cost per SQM in & AGM PHoD_| Vi/independent | 13 12.39 35487 | ViMultistory | 40 3171 29525 fats i ViG#i fats 50 23.66 25721 it tL sed ied at Annexures-VII(a), (b) and (c) 64 Quarters for JSISS officers Going by the present trend, while many of the non-local officers in JS/SS grade, who are posted at VSKP, may prefer to reside in railway quarters because of short tenures, those officers who are native of this area and its surroundings and also those who have enjoyed relatively longer tenures of posting al VSKP prefer to reside in private houses, either owned or leased. As ‘on date, out of 97 officers who are posted in VSKP area 72% are residing in railway quarters and the rest in private houses. Incidentally. as many as 54 ‘Type IV quarters were allotted to non-gazetted staff over a period of time for ‘want of demand from officers, Itis, therefore, suggested that assessment of the demand for quarters for JS/SS officers can be undertaken on commissioning of the new zonal headquarters at VSKP and proposals for construction of new ‘quarters can be considered in the event of clear demand, 7 of WAT division. the entire staff of present WAT ion will be distributed between RGDA division on one hand and BZA division and SCoR headquarters on the other band, And the actual number of siaff that would be posted at SCOR/HQ may be more or less same as that of the present WAT divisional office. As such, it is unlikely that any additional non-gazetted staff will: be posted at VSKP inthe aftermath of formation of SCOR. Thus the overall head count of non-gazetted staff at VSKP will remain more or less unchanged. It is also pertinent to note that out of 1422 Type-II & III quarters available presently in the vici for 15%, are lying vacant for want of demand. The primary reason for lack of demand is the increased tendency among the stafY to opt for private houses, of VSKP station as many as 209 quarters, accounting Page 17 of 41either owned of leased, to suit their individual domestic requirements Further, {92 units of staff quarters are under construction inithe vicinity of divisional office, As such, there is no need at present to construct any additional staff quarters inthe eontext of formation of new zone at VSKP 7 Land Requirement 7.4 On commencement of SCOR, the new zonal headquarters office will start functioning from the present Waltair divisional offie building. As such, there ig no requirement of land immediately for the zonal headquarters However, eithid "a span" Gears, we may” planetfOr eonstrocting = nes zonal headquarters” builtin ina betting manner with proper fciiies. : 7.2 Land for zonal headquarters office Going by the requirement of land for various components, It is felt appropriate to earmark around 20-acres of land for new zonal Headquarters, ‘This can cater to the building ise along with well-designed all round landscaping. vehicle parking for both official and private vehicles and other uiies. Forunately aia’ had many. land pockets having nore than 20 aeres by the side of war thoroughfares of Vicakhapatnam City in the vicinity of VSKP : sation. These land pockels ae presonily Wectpied by’ staf quarters and 2 fev lway station in the wireless colony alongside DRM’s office road is considered the most suitable because of the following reasons: Its proximity to VSRP m 500 Meters. railway station at a distance of barely ‘¢ Availability of sufficient'area in one location. ‘¢ Abutting an important arterial road’ oF the city «Having sulficient road facing’ side to create excellent visibility 10 the iconic building, «Its location is contiguous with adjoining railway installations such as resent divisional ofice and railway colony, thus making it easy to extend service fines such as power supply; communication and water supply, Page 18 of 41This open plot is located between the present Waltair divisional office and SCR’s ORH. At this location we have about 3: res of open land, wh: sparsely occupied by a few staff and officers quarters, most of them have either completed 50 years of life or are in dilapidated condition. Out of the area of 32 acres, we may earmark about 20 acres of land for zonal headquarters with a minimum of 250 Meters of road facing side. On the plot of 20 acres proposed to be earmarked for zonal headquarters office, the following old quarters are standing. Condition of the | Officers) Staff Total | Remarks “quarters | Occupied and in 8 30 7 38 20 — More than 50 years old livable condition 6 ~ Nearing 45 years 2 = Nearing 40 years | 4 Nearing 33 years 6 More than $0 years old, | but renovated Occupied, but no) 1 21 | 22 Yo be dismantled. longer in’ livable: condition Going by the above details. out of 60 units occupied, 22 are to be dismantled on account of their bad condition and the balance 38 units have already served for long and their residual life is limited. In respect of 9 officers quarters. icu of them vide Para 6.3.2. In regard to stgff quarters, there are presently as many-as 209 units lying provision has been kept for building new quarters Vacant in the nearby colonies in the vicinity of VSKP station, which can be allotted in-tiewofabove $1 quarters to be removed: Further, 92 units of new staff quarters are also under construction in the nearby colony. With this, the earmarked area of 20 acres can be cleared and offered for construction of new zonal headquarters office. An index map of above proposed location is placed at Annexure-WiIl_ 7.3 Land for residential quarters 7.3.1 SAG above in East Point Officers’ Colony It is proposed to develop the officers’ colony for GM, AGM/PHODs and HODs in the existing East Point Officers’ colony area, where we have about 6.5 acres of land available. East Point colony area is a preferred location for developing residential colony for PHODS/HODs as it is very close to RK Page 19 of a1732 14 beach. which is a popular place for recreation and walkingjogging, Incidlentalty, this colony is also free from the «dust pollution which is experienced in VSKP station area because ofits proximity to coal and mineral handling herths of the Port ‘There are three buildings which are presently being used as East Point Offi crs’ Rest House, out of which one is a well preserved heritage building, ‘This building is in excellent condition and can serve as GM's residence-cum- office. ‘The other two buildings can continue (o function as ORH, Apart from ORH, the Bast Point area has 11 Type-V quarters, of which 04 units (G+Iflats) were built in 2017 and the balance 7 units were built around the ‘year 1992. Some of these old units may be demolished to make room for developing an integrated colony for senior officers It is proposed to construct 13 independent duplex houses with common Jandseaping in the middle for AGM and PHODs. Since land availability is limited in this premium locality, 40 Type-VI units for HODS/SAG officers can be constructed as multistory flats with common utilities such as. greenery. landscaping, parking etc. It is teatalively proposed to construct these flats in two towers of G+7 each with stills serving as parking areas and each floor ‘accommodating 3 flats. Multistory buildings with G+7 height would give excellent sea view to the occupants on the lines of similar premium sea-facing flats built in this much sought afier residential area ofthe city. JAGISG quarters ‘As already brought out in Para 7.2 above. even after earmarking 20 acres for zonal headquarters office, weestill have 12 acres of land with lot of open spaces in wireless colony near divisional office. Further, vacant lands are also available in New Colony opposite to Cricket Stadium, which is barely | KM from the divisional office. It is:proposed. to construct. Type-V_ quarters for JAGISG officers numbering S0 units in the readily available vacant lands cither in wireless colony or in New Colony. ‘Alternative location for SCoR/HQ and Officers colony at Mudasarlova We have another option of constructing new zonal headquarters away from ‘allway area om the lines of ECoR headquarters at Chandrasekharpur which is about 8 km from Bhubaneswar station. Page 20 of 43Corporation (GVMC) in lieu of the fay land foregone for wi city's main thoroughfares through an agreement signed on 12,01,2016 by the Commissioner. GVMC and S-DEN/HQ of Waltsir Division after due process of approvals, However. the change of ownership title in favour of railways im respect of this land parce! is yet to be effected in the revenue records. The ‘matter is being pursued by WAT division. It is also understood that out of 52.22 acres, one single comer piece of 13 acres is involved in a court case which is being resolved by GVMC. This land is focated about 14 KMs from VSKP station amidst lush green surroundings: and is having proper road approach linking it to an important BRIS road. This location can be an ideal Place for developing a fully imtegrated new zonal headquarters provided we also build residential colonies tor all senior officers. ‘The only disadvantage of this location is that it may be inconvenient for the staff who are residing in VSKP railway station area either in railway colonies of in private Houses and for general public also this place is inconvenient to ‘access as compared to the location proposed vide Para 7.2. 7.8 Keeping in view of above, a well-considered decision needs to be taken in regard to location ofathe new zonal headquarters at VSKP_In_any-case—as detailed above, no land acquisition is required for setting up of new zonal ——freadiqaarers aaa eatony— 7 8.0 Transfer of posts for SCoR/HQ and RGDA division 8.1 Transfer of non-gazetted posts The following are the present staff sanctions available Ti Hion-gazetted cadre ai SCR/HQ, ECOR/HQ and Waltair divisional office. (as = ‘Sanctioned strength Actual on roll SCRHQ 3105 2310 ECoR HO 1977 1404 WAT divisional office Tos 949 In regard fo WAT divisional office, it was learnt that in addition to above on roll strength, many employees were brought from the figid units based mostly Page 21 of 4181d 82 in VSKP area Gn temporary’ basis to work at divisional office, Such employees are not eovered-within the sanctions available in the divisional office and are tiable-to be reverted to their parent units, eventually. Hence, they are not reckoned for the purpose of distribution of posts of the present wat divisional office between SCOR and ECOR Against above sanctions, itis proposed te depley ssanetioned! Strength of 1200 staf in SCOR headguareers. Even though SCR is getting spit almost by half sn terms of physical infasiructure, assets and workload, it is proposed to transfer only 1000 posts (a mere 32% of SCR/HQ's sanctions) from SCR/HQ to SCOR/HQ. Taking into account around #00 vacaieies at SCR/HQ and the anticipated options for transfer from the staff of SCR te ‘oRMIQ, there say not be much dislocation tothe staf working presently SCRINQ. Aer distribution of the jurisdiction af the present WAT division as proposed at Para 43, SCoR will get almost 75% of the tual taf strength of the division and only 25% of the siaff would come under ECAR, This fs due 10 heavy conecatrotion of railway assets such as ELS, DLS, Wagon depot coaching depot, etc. in VSKP area, Moreover, $8% of ihe running track length of the present WAT division will come under SCOR. Going by the anticipated work Joad that would. remain with SCoR after bifureation of the present WaT division, it may be appropriate ‘o transfer between 25% and 42% of the staff strength of the present WAT divisional office to ECoR for operation oF RGDA, div However, since RGDA Is w new division requiring full complement of staff for running-divisional set up. it is,proposed to transfer 300 posts (48% of WAT divisional office's strength) to ECoR to be utilized for the new RGDA division ‘out of existing sanctioned strength of Waltair divisional office, _The-balance-541- posts of Waltaie division will be transfered to SCOR of which 341 will be given to BZA. division to handle the enhanced workload as areault of merger of more than half of WAT division and the balance 200 posts will be transferred to SCoR headquarters. Out of 341 posts proposed 10 te transfered to BZA division, some posts need 10 be operated in the office of ADRMAVSKP under the overall administrative contol of BZA. division as tiscussed ax Para 13.0, Thus; SCOR headquarters will get its non-gazeted posts as follows: Page 22 of 41813 82 821 l 1000 200 | 1200 Details of department-wise indicative distribution of 1041 posts of Waltair divisional office between ECOR and SCoR are furnished at Annexure-IX. In respect of ECoR, around 18% of its present jurisdiction in terms of track and 28% of its staff are geiting transferred to SCOR as a result of bifurcation of the present WAT division. Consequently the present work load of ECoR/HQ would come down noticeably. As such, out of its sanctioned non- ‘gazetted cadre strength of 1977 operated at its headquarters office at least 200 Posts, which account fora mere 10% of its staff strength, needs to be spared for SCOR/HQ. Since RGDA division needs better HR support, these 200 ‘posts may be directly transferred to RGDA division within ECoR instead of gi to SCoR/HQ. “The posts deployed presently at various field units within the present Waltair division at all locations other than the divisional office shall continue unchanged on ‘as is where is” basis and will get transferred to either BZA division or RGDA division or KUR division as the case may be depending upon their respective territorial jurisdictions as depicted at Annexure-I. Transfer of Gazetted posts The following area the present gazetted sanctions available at_SCR headquarters, ECOR headquarters and WATT divisional office. ____ Sanctioned strength SCR HQ: ~ 261 ECoRHQ 223 WAT divisional office | __$9 Against above sanctions, it is proposed to deploy sanctioned strength of 170 in half in terms of physical infrastructure & assets and workload, it would be appropriate to transfer 90 posts in gazetted cadre from SCR headquarters to SCoR headquarters leaving 171 posts for SCR/HQ. which is almost equal to the gazetted strength proposed for SCOR. Page 23 of a1822 Waltair division also is getting split more or less equally between proposed SCoR and BGoR, However, since RGDA is a new division requiring full complement of officers for running divisional set up, itis proposed to transfer 39 posts to RGDA division, which is 66% of existing sanctioned strength of WAT division, The balance 20 posts of WAT division will be transferred to BZA division to handle the enhanced workload as a result of merger of half of WAT division and no gazetted post will be transferred to SCoR headquarters. Detwils of department-vise and grade-wise gazetted posts proposed to be distributed between RGDA and BZA divisions are furnished at Annexure-X. [As far as BCOR is concerned. 18% of its present jurisdiction in terms of track: and 28% of ite staff is getting transferred to SCR. As such, out of its canctioned gauetted cadre strength of 228 operated at its headquarters office, 40 posts can be spared tor SCoR/HQ which accounts for 18% of its total strength, Even after sparing 40 posts to SCoR/HQ. FCOR/HQ will still be left with 183 posts, which would be more than the gazetted strength proposed for SCoR/HQ, Out of the requirement of 170 posts required for SCORMHQ, palance 40 posts need to be created over a period of one or two years from the commencement of SCOR. Thus, SCoR headquarters will get its gazetted posts 9.0 1 ond as follows: | From SCR HQ ae al [ BromtSER HQ eee From ECoR HQ. bi = [Posts to be greaved fegreas Total — “While wansferring gavetied posts as indicated above, SCR-and- E€oR-may- transfer posts in different grades. department-wise, proportionately. Service matters of staff opting for SCoR Calling for options from staff for working at SCoR/HQ . Since SCOR headquarters office will be 2 new administrative unit, it is proposed to call for options from non-gazetted staff from the existing WAT division, SCR, ECoR and all over Indian Railways to fill up the posts proposed for operation at SCoR/HQ. Since Visakhapatnam city has emerged as a preferred place of posting among non-Metro cities with immense opportunities for education, employment and recreation. itis expected that the Page 24 of 4192 93 ew zonal headquarters will attract adequate number of volunteers who would opt for working at ‘oR/Q. Moreover, since Waltair division will not be in existence on formation of SCoR. most of its staff are expected to opt for SCOR headquarters Options are to be called from volunteers against the sanctioned cadre ‘strength that would be notified, Since, Waltair division will no longer be in existence ‘on commencement of SCoR. staff working in this division should be given first priority among the optees for SCoR/HQ’s posts. Since about 87% of SCoR's territorial jurisdiction will comprise of the present SCR, it is appropriate to give second priority for the opiees from the present SCR, both its headquarters and all the divisions. Since a part of ECoR is also going to get merged with SCoR. 3" priority should be given to the optees from ECoR. As discussed above, it is proposed to accord the following order of priority While filling up staff posts in SCoR/HQ as Follows: Priority-I _ ; Optees ftom present Waltair division Priority-Il___: Optees from the present SCR Priority-IIf ~>Optees from ECOR Priority-IV_ : Optees from Zones/PUs of Indian Railways other than present SCR and ECoR While calling for optigns from the staff, the cadre strength of each category in cach administrative unit and the cutoff date for closing the options will be clearly notified —__ Giving options for staff working’In the present WA'T divisional office Since all non-gazetted posts of the present Waltair divisional office will be transferred to RGDA division, SCOR headquarters and Vijayawada division, there is a need to call-for options from the staff of present Waltair divisional office to join either RGDA division or SCoR/HQ or BZA division. Since only a small portion of Waltair division is proposed to be added to Khurda Road division, no options need to be extended to that division. Giving options to the field staff of present WAT division With a view to avoiding any dislocation to working systems on formation of SCoR and RGDA: division, both officers and staff of the present Waltair Page 25 of a1o4 division, who are working in the field units (other than divisional office) such as stations; depots. ete., would be advised to work on “as is where is’ basis. However, options will be given toithe staff 10 opt for either BZA division of SCoR or RGDA division of ECOR. Their options will be considered in due course subjected to availability of vacancies in the respective categories In the event of more people opting for either of the rwo di not be feasible to consider favourably all of them immediately as it may lead to dislocation of working in the field. units. Such opiees will, therefore, be jons. then it may advised to continue on ‘as is where is’ basis for the sime being duly ainaining their lien on the division of their choice... They will be progressively relieved to the divisionvof theirehoice a> and when new staff are posted, "The seniority of'such optées will be protected appropriately as part oF maintaining their lien on the division of their choice Seniority of the staff of SCOR Since most of the staff of SCOR would come from SCR, it would be appropriate to adopt SCR’s system of reckoning ‘of seniority for various categories of staff on SCoR. That means, in case of difference in ‘the system of reckoning seniority of staff. je., whether Zonal level or division level, between ‘SCR and ECOR. the system adopted on SCR shall be followed in SCOR, “The seniority of the statis normally reckoned at different levels. ie. () Held unit level. for instance. for trackmen ‘each SSE/P. Way unit is taken as one i seni ity unit and loco sheds are treated as standalone seniority un ———yisional level = Tor instance SMs;tunning staff {iii} Zonal level — for HQ: 941 and all the divisions put together. for instance SSEJE and (iv) HQ level for only staff working in 11Q°s office. For all the categories of staff. the present system of seniority reckoning at different units/levels as adopted by SCR presently may be made applicable t6 SCOR also, Staff in field seniority units For all the staf working in the field units such as loco sheds, P.Way units on the three divisions of SCR - BZA, GTL. and GNI and that part of present Waltair division, which would become part of SCoR, their seniority, will ‘continue without any’ change in their respective units, Page 26 of 419.4.2 943 944 98 Stati visions seniority units Staff presentiy working against the posts belonging to divisional seniority on the three divisions of SCR. which are going to be part of SCoR, will ‘automatically retain their present seniority. This principle will be applicable to BZA division also, However, the seniority of those staiT of present Waltair division working against the posts belonging to divisional seniority and opting, for BZA division on formation of SCOR will be merged with that of BZA division duly imerpolating Waltir division staff with BZA division staff within the framework of extant instructions. Staff in sonal seniority units Since SCoR will be a new administrative unit, fresh seniority lists are to drawn for the staff under zonal seniority lists in respect of posts such as SSEs treating HQ and all the three divisions as one seniority unit. Options need to be called from all such staff working in both SCR and ECoR and those of them who opt for SCOR shall be put on the fresh zonal seniority list to be drawn for SCoR. Staff in HQ's seniority units While deciding upon the HQ's seniority units, it may be appropriate to club certain categories with less staff imo single seniority units to improve their career prospects and enable job rotation. For instance, ministerial staff of HQ can be divided into four or five seniority units instead "ofeach department having its own seniority unit. Similarly, entire Stores cadre can be divided into ‘wo seniority units, i¢.. one for HQ alone and the other for all divisions together~After-deciding- upon the Seniority units at SCORTHQ. fresh seniority lists shall be drawn with optees for SCOR/HQ as per the priorities listed at Para 9.1 Giving options for Group “B° officers Since SCoR is being formed by taking almost half of SCR and one fourth of ECOR. it may be appropriate to give options to all Group “B® officers working ‘on both these railways on the day of formation of new zone to opt for SCOR, if they wish to. Such options may ‘be considered appropriately in due course depending upon availability of vacancies. New seniority lists shall be drawn, cadre-wise, as per extant instructions. However. it is essential to advise all Page 27 of a1officers to continue to work on ‘as is Whereis’ basision formation of new:zone to avoid any disruption in the working systems, 10.0 Road map for commencement of SCoR 10.1 Approval of DPR The foremost step in formation af SCoR would be approval of this DPR by Railway Board with appropriate modifications if any. Approval of DPR will set the tone for initiating various steps culminating in commencement of SCoR as per the time schedule to be decided by Railway Board. 10.2 Notifying date of commencement of SCOR 7 On approval of the DPR, Railway Board may consider to notify a date for formal commencement of new SCOR. A minimum preparatory time of about 04 months may be considered from the date of issue of notification to the actual commencement so that the existing office spaces of Waltair divisional office can be refurbished/reconfigured to suit new zonal headquarters. It i, therefore, suggested that new zone may be commenced earliest by: 1 February 2020, -Altematively. if it. is. considered appropriate to synchronize commencement of new zone with the new financial year, we may consider commencing ivan 1 April 2020. Railway Board may allocate necessary funds for meeting the expenditure of the new zone from the date of commencement. ag Setting prof pret cet wneber- OSDISC aR ‘On approval of DPR. Railway Board may consider to create @ small project cell under OSD/SCoR comprising of J AG/SG officers drawn from Engineering, Electrical and S&T'duly assisted by minimum complement of JS officers & supervisors to process for the works associated with refurbishing/reconfiguring the existing divisional office into.new zonal office and execute the works expeditiously. SrDEM/WAT can continue to function as associate finance for this work, » 10.4 Calling for options for SCoR/HQ Once the DPR is approved. cadre strength of both officers and staff to be posted at SCOR/HQ may be indicated by Railway Board along with necessary guidelines 10 be followed for inviting options from non-gazetied staff and Group *B" officers. Then options can be called for as detailed ut Paras 9.1 92 Page 28 of 42and 9.3 with a clear curoff date and such cutoff date shall be fixed at least two months priof to actual date of commencement of SCOR. On notifying the date of commencement of SCoR, Railway Board may post a personnel officer of IAG finalizing them within the broad guidelines issued by Railway Board. The personnel department of Waltair division may assist in this process. ‘SG under OSD/SCoR to oversee the process of calling for options and 10.5 Posting of senior officers for SCOR GM, PHODs and minimum complement of headquarters officers may be posted at least one or two months in advance of actual date of commencement ‘of the new zone so that necessary preparatory works can be undertaken under the guidance of senior officers. While posting officers to SCORHQ, Railway: Board may consider posting at least some officers, who have earlier worked on SCR so that the new zonal headquarters get smoothly integrated with its divisions, which are predominantly from SCR even though SCoR/HQ is located at Visakhapatnam. 10.6 Office automation of SCoR/HQ Apart from the Pan-India 1 based systems implemented on IR such as FOIS, TMS, COIS, IPAS, MMIS, PRS, UTS, etc., SCR has taken many digital initiatives such as e-office, e-DAS, UMID, which have contributed in : improving the working systems tremendously at both zonal headquarters and divisional offices. Thgse initiatives have improved the employee productivity and brought in trauspareney in the working systems. Since 87% of SCoR's - jurisdiction swould -be-drawn-from-the- present” SCR it-is-only-togical to implement all these digital initiatives at SCoR/HQ right from the inception ion (who itself. To facilitate this process, the staff of the presem Waltair di are expected to be deployed at SCOR/HQ) has to catch up with other d ions 9F SCR. It is understood that necessary process is being initiated now on Waltair division Further, to implement all IT applications including e-office fully at SCoR/HQ right from its commencement, there is a need to take preparatory action well in advance of commencement of SCoR. Railway Board may advise Railtel to nominate a nodal officer with necessary resources to enable and assist SCOR to get into all TT applications right from the beginning by organizing training programmes for the staff. extending necessary service support, etc Page 29 of a110.7 108 10.9 ‘Training programmes for SCoR/HQs staff Since most of the staff that Would wet posted at the new headquarters office ‘come from the present Waltait division and some other divisions, they need to be given training to make them conversant with headquarters’ working, particularly on office automation tadls stich as e-office. The PHOD/HODs of respective departments tay take appropriate steps to organize such training programmes for their own staff to ensure hassle free working at the new headquarters. ‘Temporary leasing of residential accommodation for Senior Officers ‘Once the date of commencement Of the new SCOR is notified, senior officers would get posted, particularly GM, AGM and PHODS HODs, For GM, either East Point Rest House heritage building or the present DRM’s residence can be modified within a short time 1 serve as GM's residence. Whereas, for AGM/PHODs and HODs suitable “Type-VI houses 10 cater to th requirements are not readily available at VSKP. Hence. new quarters need to be constricted which may take about 1.5 to 2 years. During this interim around 50 need to be accommodated petiod, senior officers numberin temporarily: It is, therefore, proposed” to take on lease” ¥esidential ‘accommodation for them for a maximum period of 2 years Visakhapatnam city has many locations where such residential units are available which catubve taken on letise for a period of 2 years. The likely expenditure on this account would he around ® crore per year in liew of —payment oF HRA The additional expenditare after discountiny HRA Toregone ‘on this account would be around & 30 {0/40 lakhs per annum, ig date of commencement of SCoR, a committee of officers can be ‘nominated to scout around and negotiate with the property owners to take on Jease residential accommodation fot our senior officers: = ‘Temporary arrangements for augmenting ORH and SRH at VSKP ‘There are five Officers” Rest Houses at VSKP with 25 AC rooms and 37 beds and two Supervisors’ Rest Houses with 16 rooms and 49 beds. They may be sufficient 10 cater to the normal needs of SCoR/MQ. However, during the process of setting up of new zonal headquarters, large number of officers and supervisors are required to be accommodated in the ORHS and Supervisors Page 30 of 4110.10 10.11 Rest Houses during first few months of transition. We may consider to hire rooms from other sources. such as, hotels/guest houses/fats to accommodate officers at least for short duration till they shifi to leased residential accommodation proposed to be arranged vide Para 10.8 For supervisors, vacant staff quarters can be converted departmentally to augment bed capacity Facilities for staff deputed for working at RGDA against their options Since both SCoR/HQ and RGDA division are wo be commenced simultaneously, there is a need to ensure that minimum complement of staff of the present Waltair divisional office volunteer to work at RGDA. On interaction with the staff of present Waltair divisional office, it is learnt that they may not prefer to relocate readily to RGDA since it lacks the kind of facili number of staff of present Waltair divisional office may not opt for RGDA di divisional office against their options to ensure smooth commencement of the they are accustomed to at VSKP. It is, therefore, likely that sufficient sion, in which case, we may have 16 invariably post stall 19 RGDA new division, With a view to facilitating present Waltair based staff to work at RGDA, we fies to them for at least two may consider to extend following special f years from the commencement of new division al RGDA. i) Permitting retention of quarters at VSKP on normal rent. ii) __Rumning’ daily. shuttle train-to-leave-VSKP-in-the morning, reach — RGDA by 09:30 hr and retur to VSKP in the late evening Providing subsidized accommodation at RGDA for stay for VSKP based staff: iv) Providing subsidized canteen facility at RGDA Allotment of coaches for inspection On notifying the date of commencement of SCoR, Railway Board may consider to allot appropriate number of inspection carriages, TRC, etc., for usage of SCOR, Page 31 of 4211.0 Operational issues during transition 11.1 Setting up of Central Control since, the present WAT divisional setup will be discontinued on formation of Co a well calibrated system of transition should be putin place so that the train operations donot suffer any-disruption during the transition phase Central contro! including punctualityfemergensy. comtral st headquarters play nu 1 role in coortinating‘the day to day operations on the railway. In principle, the present Waltair divisional contro! would become SCoR’s central control with requisite modifications. Operating and other departments should rope in experienced senior staf from the presen, Waltair divisional control office and also the zonal/divisional controls of SCR to run the new genial control. To make the new central control work effectively from the inception itself the stat chosen to. run it should be sent for a brief training-eum-familiarization programme to SCR's central contol at Secunderabad. 112 _ Redistribution of the present Waltair divisional control systems 1.2.1 Prevently-there are S operating section controls and 3-TPC section contols in sWaltaie divisional contfol. These contro boards, are to be reconfigured : keeping in-view of the proposed disribution of the present WAT 4 jurisdiction vide Para 3.0.and its stib-paras. 11.2.2 Going by the extent of jurisdiction and the qu — operating section controls and 2.TPC section boards may be shifted to RGDA ad the balance 1 be shifed 10 BZA division, If required, minor reconfiguration of existing operating and TPC boards needs to be undertaken at BZA control office so that as far as possible the overall number of operating ‘and TPC control boards as they are existing today at BZA and WAT divisional controls do not increase’ as-a reSult of reorganization. The anticipated cost of reconfiguring the operating and TPC section ‘control boards at BZA is about © 113 crore, Some expefleced control staff from the present WAT divisional ‘control should invariably be posted at BZA divisional control to ensure that the merged sections of the present WAT division get integrated seamlessly with BZA systems. Page 32 of 4211.2.3 One JAGISG officer from Traffic cadre needs to be posted under OSD/SCOR along with ‘the project tell as mentioned vide Para 10.3 to oversee the transition arrangements related to train operations in Visakhapatnam area including the reorganization of control office. In the event of any unavoidable delay in shifting of the operating/TPC control boards to either BZA or RGDA, vwe may continue them for some more time as an interim measure at VSKP as part of SCOR’s central control to avoid any disruption to train operations 11.2.4 The other departmental controls such as Engineering, C&W, S&T test room, TLC, Security control. Electrical General, Commercial Control etc., which are functioning at the present WAT divisional control should be shified to RGDA However. keeping in ion and fess work load. the number of staff deployed at RGDA divisional control office shold be reduced appropriately and the balance staff should be spared either for BZA control to augment its capacity to handle extra workload as a consequence of merger of part of present WAT division with BZA division or for running the new Central Control of SCOR/HO. 11.3 Materials management during transition period With a view to ensuring disruption free supply of materials for all the field units entrusted with thé task of maintaining rail infrastructure and assets and also workshops on SCOR, the present arrangement of material supply through the contracts already put in place by SCR/HQ and ECoRIMQ shall continue even after commencement of SCoR. Once the material management. ‘COR gets established with mi fixing up new material management contracts to cater to the divisions and workshops of SCOR. department of imum resouroes, they will start In respect of other departments such as Civil Engineering which handle their own material management for rails, sleepers and track fittings, the present arrangement of material supply to the divisions needs to be continued by the headquarters of SCR and ECoR uill such time the new headquarters of SCOR jons of SCOR establishes its own material supply arrangements for the di Page 33 of 4112.0 124 122 123 4 13.0 Ba System of train working on SCoR Since about 87% of SCoR’s route length comprises of the present SCR, itis logical that the system of working in terms of train operations and safety should be guided by the present G&SR, Block Working Manual and other related operational instructions issued by SCR. The operating and running staff who are working presently on that part of Waltair division which is going to be merged with BZA division should be given a short term bridge course to enable them t migrate from ECoR working sysiems to SCR working systems. ‘The operators OF track machines and tower cars should also be given appropriate training to switch over to SCR system fully ‘Similarly, all infrastructure/asset maintaining, departments should also ensure. that their respective departmental staft working in that part of Waltair division, which is going fo be merged with BZA division, should seamlessly migrate to SCR’s system of working. ‘The present system of crew management theluding crew lobbies and running rooms on WAT division shall continue even afier formation of SCoR and RGDA division till their review after commencement of SCoR- Similarly, the present system of working of ticket checking staff. both amenities and squads, also need to continue till i review after commencement of SCOR. In regard to safety ingpections/checks pertaining to track. signals, C&W, TRD, stations, LCS, ete., im present WAT division shall continue as they are in vogue now:-till_the ‘new SCoR_headquarters: issues futher instructions—to migrate to the practices adopted on SCR Sub-divisional establishment at VSKP Criticality of VSKP area in ECoR’s operations . In the context of discontinuance of present Waltair division on formation of SCOR, the following operational issues are to be kept in mind: 1) Major operational assets of ECoR, such as Electric Loco Shed, Diesel Loco Shed, Coaching and freight examination facilities are all located in VSKP area. ‘These assets cater to not only the present Waltair division but also other divisions of FCOR. In fact ECOR is a major Page 34 of 41132 ii) VSKP area ~ freight loading railway with heavy dependence on the presemt Waltair division for wagon maintenance and supply of empty rakes for its loading and locos for its freight mobility Present Waltair division controls entire KK Line including both loading and unloading terminals. On formation of SCoR, while the loading terminals will go under the territorial jurisdiction of the Proposed RGA division, the Port and Steel plant where bulk of the iron ore gets unloaded would become part of SCOR and get integrated with BZA division. As such the future RGDA division will depend heavily on BZA division for getting empty rakes for its loading in Kirandul area, Further, the closed circuit rakes running i ‘maintained at VSKP, KK fine are important hub for railway operations Even after discontinuing Wallair divisional set up. VSKP area will continue to be a major hub for railway operations hecause of the following: i) ii) iit) i) vi) vii) Presence of the largest Flectrical Loco Shed on Indian Railways ie., ELS/WAT with a loco holding of 288 and sanctioned staff strength of 787, Presence of the, largest Diesel Loco Shed on Indian Railways ic, DLSAWAT with a loco holding of 320 and sanctioned staff strength of fore * Coaching maintenance facilities with 5 pit lines and IOH shed catering to a total coach holding s Three ROH depots and wagon examination facilities to cater to 132 close circuit rakes. Freight yard where goods trains originate/terminate which forms a hub for all freight operations in VSKP area supporting originating loading of about 40 million tonnes per annum, VSKP Junction station with 08 platforms dealing with a daily average of 110 coaching trains of which 96 are mail/express and 14 are passenger trains. This station deals with on an average about 78700 passengers per day An upcoming Wagon Repair Workshop at Vadlapudi (VDPD) targeted for commissioning by November 2019 Page 35 of 41silty Major erew bogs with’ ere changing points for both the coaching and goods trains in all directions. ix) Presence of maintenance depotsiunits 9 exer 10 all rail infrastructure/assets of VSKP area. 13.3. Posting of BZA divisional officers at vskr VSKP area needs close monitoring to ensure smooth functioning of the above assets aid to ensure seamless operations. There is ‘also a need for continuous fiaison with headquarters, particularly during inspections in VSKP area by senior officers. Moreovers presence of senior divisional officers at VSKP vould help during’ unustal ineidents and also for troubleshooting, It is, therefore, proposed to retain one of the present TWO ADRM posts of Waltair S division at VSKP. Under ADRM/YSKP we may post SG/AG officers drawn from Engineering. Mechanical, Flectrical, Traffic and S&T departments in regard to other departments, such as, ‘Commercial, Personnel and Finance also there is a need to post SSIS officers to assist |ADRM. These officers will be “tailed we look after the day today mater related to thelr respective branches in VSKP area. “Thi team of officers headed by ADRM virtually fumetion like a sub-divisional establishment under the overall administrative control of DRMIBZA. This sub-d al establishment should be éarved out of the present sanctions of safety, smooth operations ransle Tree fai and assets in VSKP area as an integral part rBZA 14.0 Construction Organization of SCoR 14.1 New construs jon organization of SCOR needs to be formed primarily by clubbing the work’ charged establishment chargeable to those praises and vvarks whieh are Toeatedgecgmpically within the enitorialJurisdition of SCOR. i 142. The presem construction organization of SCR’ has iS mala office at Secunderabad wit field units at Vijayawada, Guntur, Guntakal and Tirupati fatling within the jurisdiction of SCoR. These four field units will automatically become part of new construction organization of SCoR as they Page 36 of 41ily dealing with projects and works falling within the jurisdiction of Further, the establishment under CAO/C/SCR at the main office needs to be apportioned in the ratio of the projects and! works sanctioned within SCR and SCOR. It is pertinent to note that out of 182 projects and works handled by the construction organization of SCR 89 are located within the jurisdiction of SCOR. The details ate furnished at Annexure-XI, As such the sanctioned sirength of the main office at Secunderabad with about 47 officers and 280 staf may be shared more ot less on equal basis between SCR and SCOR. CAOICS of both SCR and SCOR may. however. work out and distribute the posts appropriately: between SCR and SCoR, 14,3 The construction organization of ECOR has a field unit based at VSKP headed by a CE/C. This unit is dealing with one doubling project, which would partly fall in the jurisdiction of SCoR and 13 other works which are located in SCOR. This unit has a sanctioned strength of 11 officers and 166 staff a VSKP. Further, there are field offices under CE/C/VSKP at Jagdalpur, Koraput and Rayagada. On formation of SCoR, the field offices at these locations shall ‘ome Under the jUFIsdietion Of ECOR “and the establishment at VSKP also may be split proportionately between SCoR and ECR. CAO/Cs of both ECR and SCOR may decide the aétual number of officers and staf¥ of CE/C/VSKP to be allocated to their respective railways. 14.4 By clubbing the work charged establishment drawn from the present SCR and Sanee —EEOR- OF SCOR Will be formed wit CAOIC'S office at VSKP and field units at Vijayawada, Guntur, Tirupati, Guntakal and Visakhapatnam. 15.0 S&T Projects Organization of SCoR - 18.1 On the same lines of construction organization, new S&T Projects organization needs to be formed for SCOR headed by a CSTE/Projects under the overall administrative control of PCSTE. This is very much essential to maintain the thrust on executing capacity. building works and safety works with predominant S&T component. Page 37 of a1152 153 134 “16.0 16.1 prosenily SCR'S SAT projects organization, has, ts main office at Secunderabad with field units at Vijayawada and Guntakal within the jurisdiction of SCOR. These two field units will invariably come under the ‘contra! of SCOR as they are handling projects and works primarily within the jurisdiction of SCoR. In regard to the present establishment under CSTE/Project/SCR in the main office at Secunderabad comprising of 4 officers and 14 staff needs to be apportioned between SCR and SCoR on the basis of the projects and works located within the jurisdietions of SCR and §CoR. This may be done by PCSTEs of bath SCR and SCoR {i tegard to ECoR, one Dy.CSTE/Projeets is posted at VSKP 10 look after the S&T projects and works undertaken in the present Wallalr division. This unit has a sanctioned sirengih-of $ offders and 46 staff. On formation of SCOR, there is a need to identify those projects and works which ate located in that part of present WAT division which is going to be merged with SCOR and the: work charued establishment chargeable to them should be sepregated from TECoR and merged with S&T projests unit of SCOR. This may be done jointly by PCSTEs of both SCR and SCOR, By clubbing the work charged establishment drawn fromthe Present SCR and, ECOR, new S&T projects organization of SCoR will be formed with CSTE/Projects’ office it VSKP-and field units at Vijayawada, Guntakal and Visakhapatnam. Track Machines Organization (TMO) — Since track machines play: veryetitial role in track muintenance, nevessary sseps shouldbe initiated well in advance of commencement of SCOR to ensure seamless working of track machines all over the new railway. Both assets in ‘the form of track machines aga their maintenance infrastructure and the requisite staff should be aligned properly to ensure smooth Taunching of Track Machines Organization (TMO) on SCOR. TMO of present SCR portion SCR follows division oriented system for track machines working. ‘Track Machines are assigned to cach ofthe divisions. While the artisan and Level Page 38 of 42—_________——————_litt. SCR or SOoR-and-.theis_aptions-say-be-considered-in-duie-course-tinder ——————— 16.2 Posts are assigned divisional seniority, SSE/JE posts are in zonal senior However, division-wise sanctions are available for all non-gazetted posts. There is @ Central POH Depot for track machines st Rayanapady (RYP) on BZA division along with a Zonal Track Machines Depot at the same station, ‘The entire infrastructure, assets and establishment that are in SCoR*s Jurisdiction would stand wransferred to SCoR along with the sanctioned posts. The following are the details of sanctions available on the three divisions — BZA. GTL and GN. and Central POH depot and Zonal Track Machines Depot at RYP. Unit | SSEME - Artisans/Levelt BZA division 99. | 27 [th sivilon tok oat 153 GNT division ET a Central POH depot u ara] Zonal TM depot 7 o Total |_| bine tenecrramets sepa cd The incumbents. working presently-against above sanctions in the territory of SCOR shall continue on ‘as is where is’ basis on’ commencement of SCOR. However. options may..be given to all those staff working against zonal seniority posts in track machines organization of the present SCR to either opt the IO/SCR, 6 posts of supervisors are being operated at SCR/HQ at Present, These posts should be shared equally between SCR and SCoR. With this, 225 posts of SSEJE and 568 posts of Artisans and Level-l would get transferred from SCR to SCoR in TMO. In regard to LOR. it is learnt that the entire TMO establishment is maintained at zonal level and no specific sanctions are assigned to Waltair division. It was Understood that ECOR has a total sanetioned strength of 421 SSE/JEs and 1083 Artisans/Level-I staff. As such ECoR may arrange to transfer to SCoR 88 Posts of SSEJEs and 221 posts of Artisans/L evel-I categories along with the track machine assets proportionately-considering the fact that about 21% of running track KMs of the present ECoR is getting transferred to SCOR. Page 39 of a2The posts of TMO that are going to be transferred from ECOR to SCOR will be merged with that of SCoR's cadre, 2. SSEJE posts with SCOR’s zonal seniority and Artisans/Level-l posts with BZA divisional seniority. Wis suggested that the present TMO staff of ECoR. irrespective of where they are presently working, should be given options to come to SCoR and the seniority of such optees will be merged with that of SCoR"s respective seniority units, i.e. zonal level for SSEUJE and BZA division level for Artisan/Level-l. Since as much as 979 KM of running track of the present Waltair division is getting added to BZA division, it would be advisable to continue with the present Satellite Depot of Track Machines at VSKP to ensure better availability of track machines for the line working. Further, it is also suggested that all the posts of TMO that are getting transferred (rom ECoR to SCOR nay be based at VSKP to utilize theif services more effectively in the sections which are becoming part of BZA division. With this, expanded BZA division P. even though all will have two TMO bases ~ one each at BZA and Artisans/Level-l staff would come under same seniority unit of BZA division. 17.0. Financial implications of formation of SCoR: 17.1 Capital expenditure : Sinee sufficient vacantrailway lands are readily available in VSKP area, no expenditure is involved in land acquisition for setting up of SCOR. Since it ts — —repsectrreommefice the operations of SCoR-HQ in the enisting premises ef : the present Waltair division, no: major capital expenditure is involved in the first phase. However, an amount of about 4.8 crore is required Tor refurbishing/reconfiguring Waltair divisional office to suit the requirements of new SCoR/HQ. Further, an amount of about 21.3 erore is required for reconfiguring the operational control boards and TPC boards at BZA. ‘As brought out in Para 5.8 a new headquarters building with floor space of 23000 SQM needs to be built for SCOR in the next 2 years. This would cost about 2111.02 erore as per the abstract estimates. Further, as brought out in Para 6.3, construction of officers’ quarters would cost about 269.76 crore. The proposals for new quarters are restricted only to senior officers, which may be constructed in the next 2 years to facilitate theit working and also to avoid recurring expenditure on leasing of private accommodation for them Page 40 of 4117.2. Expenditure on staff lable with SCR/HQ and Walt Since the existing posts a ir division are proposed to be redistributed for SCoR/HQ and RGDA division as detailed vide Para 8.1.2, no new posts of staff are proposed to be ereated on account of formation of both SCoR and RGDA division. As such no additional recurring revenue expenditure is involved on staff aecount. In respect of officers, the complete requirement of RGDA division ean be met by transferring requisite number of posts from the present Waltair division. In regard to senior level posts, ie, SAG and above, for SCoR/HQ can be met cither by transferring some posts from SCR/HQ and ECoR/HQ or elsewhere. since availability of senior level posts (HAG/SAG) has improved afler cadre Only in respect of SG/AG and below, about 40 posts are to be restructurin, created for operation at SCOR/HQ. if it is not feasible to transfer them from elsewhere. ‘The likely additional recurring expenditure on account of their salaries would be 86.3 crore per annum. 18.0. Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Railway Safety Presently, SCR is under the jurisdiction of CRS/South Gentral-Cirele based at Secunderabad and Waltair division is under the jurisdiction of CRS/South i Eastem Circle based ‘at Kolkata, Since the new zone SCoR is being predominantly carved out of the present SCR. it is suggested that the new Se ot shomri-be-brotrght- unter the jurtsdiction-of CRS/South-Central-Cirele-at Secunderabacl. Page 41 of 41