Q Bank for Civil Engineer LDCE Exam - Write short rules (8)

Q. No. (7) Write short rules on any ten.

Grow more food campaign.- Surplus land along the track mast be given to railway employee group D staff with lees rates, whose retirement less than five years. A board may be displayed with location & area. Entry in service book should be done. During retirement clearance may be taken for all dues of GMF.

Catch siding: - It is made in hilly area to protect trains/engines in siding for higher grade.

Hospital leaves facilities. - Hospital leave may be granted to railway servants other than in Group A and Group B, while under medical treatment for illness or injuries if such illness or injury is directly due to risks incurred in the course of official duties. [2] Hospital leave shall be granted on production of medical certificate from an Authorized Medical Attendant. [3] (a) Hospital Leave may be granted for such period as the authority granting it may consider necessary on leave salary: - → Equal to leave salary while on leave on average pay for the first 120 days of any period of such leave; and → Equal to leave salary during half pay leave for the remaining period of any such leave. (b) The amount of hospital leave which may be granted by the General Managers to railway servant is unlimited. [4] Hospital leave shall not be debited against the leave account and may be combined with any other kind of leave which may be admissible, provided the total period of leave, after such combination, does not exceed 28 months. 

 Note: - If the railway servant is one to whom the WC Act 1923 applies the amount of leave salary payable during Hospital Leave shall be reduced by the amount of compensation payable under Section 4 [1] [d] of Corporate Enterprises group, its composition and its functions. Representatives of trade unions, Industry and Passenger Associations, and also some eminent economists with a view to understanding their genuine grievances about the working of railways and inviting from them concrete suggestions to improve Railways' performance. After these fruitful discussions, I have been thinking of streamlining the administrative machinery of the Railways and of providing better amenities and facilities to the travelling public, particularly the second class passengers.

Controlled concretes :- These mixes the performance of the concrete is specified by the designer but the mix proportions are determined by the producer of concrete, except that the minimum cement content can be laid down. This is most rational approach to the selection of mix proportions with specific materials in mind possessing more or less unique characteristics. The approach results in the production of concrete with the appropriate properties most economically. However, the designed mix does not serve as a guide since this does not guarantee the correct mix proportions for the prescribed performance.

Urgency certificate: - the following are the only classes of work on which expenditure or liability may be incurred prior to the receipt of sanction of the authority competent to sanction the estimates under the ordinary 

rules :-- Works, which are considered to be urgently necessary to safeguard life or property or to repair damage to the line caused by flood, accident or other unforeseen contingency, so as to restore or maintain through communication. As regards class (i) in the para above, the Divisional Engineer may authorize the commencement of the work, but should at once submit, through usual channel, a report to the authority competent to give administrative approval to the work and to allot the required funds. This report which may be called an "Urgency Certificate" or "Urgency Report" (Form E 1104) should contain 

 (i) a description of the work, (ii) the date of its commencement,

(iii) the circumstances which bring the work within this category, 

(iv) the maximum probable cost of the work with an enclosure containing an abstract of calculations and 

(v) the date by which a detailed estimate of cost will be submitted. The Divisional Engineer should at the same time send a copy of this report Stock sheets and over hauling report. - During stock verification by stock verifier the difference between ground balance & ledger balance a summary sheet prepared i.e. called stock sheet. After sock verification ISA checked the proper issue & released of each items of ledger called overhauling report Earnest money and security money:- 

(1)(a) The tenderer shall be required to deposit earnest money with the tender for the due performance with the stipulation to keep the offer open till such date as specified in the tender, under the conditions of tender. The earnest money shall be as under: Value of the work EMD A For works estimated to cost up to Rs. 1 crore 2% of the estimated cost of the work B For works estimated to cost more than Rs. 1 crore Rs.2 lakhs plus 1/2% (half percent)of the excess of the estimated cost of work beyond Rs1 crore subject to a maximum of Rs 1 crore. The earnest money shall be rounded to the nearest Rs.10. This earnest money shall be applicable for all modes of tendering. 

(b) It shall be understood that the tender documents have been sold/issued to the tenderer and the tenderer is permitted to tender in consideration of stipulation on his part, that after submitting his tender he will not resile from his offer or modify the terms and conditions thereof in a manner not acceptable to the Engineer. Should the tenderer fail to observe or comply with the said stipulation, the aforesaid amount shall be liable to be forfeited to the Railway. 

(c) If his tender is accepted this earnest money mentioned in sub clause (a) above will be retained as part security for the due and faithful fulfillment of the contract in terms of Clause 16 of the General Conditions of Contract. The Earnest Money of other Tenderers shall, save as here before in provided, be returned to them, but the Railway shall not be responsible for any loss or depreciation that may happen thereto while in their possession, nor be liable to pay interest thereon.

Calendar Hamilton span

• The modern day pref abricated Panel/Floor Beam/Deck system was f irst patented by A.M. Hamilton in 1935 

• The bridge was used or quick mobilization to allow military access to remote locations or to replace destroyed bridges in times of conf lict. 

• The design was centered on a series of gusset plates that allowed the direct attachment of the longitudinal, diagonal, vertical, and cross framing members. 

 • The centralizing of connection points increased the speed of construction and also allowed identical panels to be fabricated from identical members and then installed on site 

 • This system is currently known as the Calendar- Hamilton System. 

•CH Spans are designed for the purpose of building long spans as rapidly as possible to us in place of standard spans damaged due to accidents, floods or enemy action. 

•This also used in case of washed away of multiple spans and there is no chance of erecting the temporary substructure in the river bed.

Completion report:- As soon as the advice of completion is received the clerk who maintains the Works Register should prepare a Completion Report in Form No. W. 1469. The figures of actual expenditure as well as those of estimated amount should be shown in the same details in which the estimate has been prepared and sanctioned, but before preparing the Completion Report it should be seen that (I) all charges under different sub-heads of estimate have been booked, and (2) the credit for released material has been adjusted.

Criteria for Rail renewal - The following are to be considered in connection with the criteria of rail renewals:-

� Incidence of rail fractures/failures.

� Wear on rails.

� Maintainability of track to prescribed standards.

� Expected service life in terms of Gross million terms carried.

� Plan based renewals.

(a) Incidence of Rail Fractures/Failures - A spate of rail fractures on a particular sections having 5 withdrawals of rails per 10 km. in a year due to fracture and/or rail flaws detected ultrasonically falling in the category of IMR & REM will have priority while deciding rail renewals. In case the rail failures at fish-plated/welded joints are pre-dominant, end cropping with or without welding could be considered.

(b) Wear on Rails - (i) Limiting Loss of Section-The limiting loss in rail section, as a criterion for recommending rail renewals shall be as under: Gauge Rail Section Loss in Section in percentage B. G .. .. .. 52 Kg. / metre 6 90 R ... 5 Rail wear may be determined by actual weighment, taking rail profiles at ends after unfitting joints and taking rail profiles with special profile measuring gadgets.

(ii) Wear due to corrosion - Corrosion beyond 1.5 mm in the web and foot may be taken as the criterion for wear due to corrosion. Existence of the localised corrosion such as corrosion pits, specially on the underside of the foot, acting as stress raisers from the origin of fatigue cracks and would necessitate renewals.

(iii) Vertical Wear -When the reduction of the depth of the rail head reaches a point beyond which there is a risk of wheel flanges grazing the fish-plates, such rails should be renewed. The limits of vertical wear at which renewals are to be planned are given as below.

Vertical wear

i. Census of L-Xings Monsoon patrolling -The sections, which are normally to be patrolled during monsoon will be identified and notified by the Divisional Engineer. For every such section, the Divisional Engineer shall prescribe the period of year, when normal monsoon patrolling is to be done; patrolling should be started on these notified sections on the dates specified. If the local conditions warrant, the Permanent Way Inspector of the section concerned may introduce or continue night patrolling outside the stipulated dates, duly advising all concerned.

(XII) Census of L- Xings :

Periodical census of traffic at all level crossings, unmanned/manned should be taken at least once in three years to review the classification, in the case of manned level crossings and need for manning in the case of unmanned level crossing The total train vehicle units/day (train units x vehicle units) are worked out taking the census for a week. Train motor vehicle, Bullock carts and Tongas being considered as one unit, Cycle rickshaw/Auto rickshaw being considered as half unit. The census should bev taken in the presence of TI, PWI & SI.