MATERIAL MODIFICATION:- GENERAL EXPENDITURE

MATERIAL MODIFICATION:

Any work in open line and line under construction outside the original sactioned estimate and costing more than Rs 1 Crore is to be treated as Material Modification.

1. Change in alignment which may affect the facilities given to public or increase/decrease in the length of line by over One Kilo Meter.
2. Introduction of a new station or omission of an existing station.
3. Alteration in the type –number of engines/vehicles provided in the Rolling Stock estimate.
4. Change in layout of yard which may affect the general method of working or which may result in increase/decrease in number of trains dealt.
5. Any departure from the standards of construction or use of second hand material which may affect speed of trains or number of trains originally contemplated.
6. The introduction or omission of any work or facility involving a sum of Rs  5 lakhs.
7. Introduction of a sub-work involving an outlay of more than Rs 5 Lakhs.
8. Any modification of a sub-work involving an outlay of more than Rs  5 Lakhs
9. Any alteration in the standards of interlocking (signaling).

Any Material Modification of the nature indicated above, requires prior approval of Railway Board. No liability should be incurred nor any savings used elsewhere as a result of Material Modification without the approval of Railway Board.

Material Modification can be sanctioned by the General Manager or lower authority provided the additional expenditure does cause an excess beyond his powers of sanction.