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5.3.5 Expenditure on Surveys

(a) Railway Administrations have no powers to undertake Surveys on their own.
After a survey is included in the sanctioned Budget, the General Managers
can sanction Survey Estimates as per the powers delegated in SOP.

(b) If it is decided to undertake a Survey in connection with any proposal/
modification in Signalling or Telecommunication System, an estimate of the
cost of the proposed Survey shall be prepared, and the information collected
in the course of the preliminary investigation, if any, shall be embodied in the
report accompanying the Estimate of the Survey.

(c) The proposal for Surveys shall be submitted to the Railway Board well in
advance to enable necessary provision being made in the Budget.

(d) The Budget allotment for preliminary Survey of a work shall be charged under
Demand No.2 and when final estimate for that particular work is sanctioned,
the amount charged under Demand No.2 shall be transferred to the sanctioned
Estimate of the Project.

5.3.6 Imprest Amount: The official incharge of Survey shall be provided with an
adequate Imprest. He shall be responsible for maintaining all accounts with
necessary vouchers. The Imprest shall be recouped on need basis, within the
validity of the period of Survey.

5.3.7 Survey Teams

(a) A Signalling/Telecommunication team shall be provided in Survey Estimates
for Projects like Doublings, Remodeling, Conversions, New Lines, Railway
Electrification including Techno-economic Surveys, Feasibility Studies, etc.
to carefully study the needs of the Traffic and to make provision for Signaling
equipment accordingly duly taking into account the age and condition of
existing equipment, if any.

(b) The period for which the Signalling/Telecommunication team is to be catered
for in the Survey Estimates shall be commensurate with the workload in each
case and shall be decided by the Principal Chief Signal and Telecommunication
Engineer in consultation with the Principal Financial Adviser of the Railway
concerned while finalizing the Survey Estimate.

(c) The requirements of the Signal & Telecommunication Department shall be
obtained from the Principal Chief Signal and Telecommunication Engineer
by the Principal Chief Engineer while preparing the Survey Estimates for
such Projects.

(d) Similarly in Survey Estimates for Signal and Telecommunication Projects,
suitable provision shall be made for other Departments, viz., Traffic,
Engineering, Accounts, Electrical, etc. as found necessary.

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