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1109. Material Modifications: No material modification in a work or scheme as sanctioned,
should be permitted or undertaken without the prior approval of the authority who
sanctioned the estimate. In the case of estimates sanctioned by the Railway Board or higher
authority, instances of what will be considered to be a material modifications of a sanctioned
project or work are given in paragraph 1110 below.

1110. The following may be taken as material modifications on lines under construction and
open line works estimated to cost rupees one crore and over:

(a) Any change in the alignment likely to affect the facilities offered to the public in the
neighbour-hood or likely to increase or decrease the length of the line by over one
kilometre.

(b) Introduction of any new station or omission of any station.

(c) Any alteration in the type or number of engines or vehicles provided in an estimate for
rolling stock.

(d) A change in the layout of a yard affecting the general method of working or increasing or
reducing the number of trains that can be dealt with.

(e) Any departure from the standards of construction as prescribed in Chapter II or as
accepted by the Railway Board in the Abstract Estimate or use of any second hand
material if it affects the speed of trains or the number of trains to be dealt with than
contemplated originally.

(f) The introduction or omission of any work or facility involving a sum of Rs. 5 lakhs and over.

(g) Any modification of a sub-work provided for in the estimate of a sanctioned work
involving an additional outlay on that sub-work of more than Rs. 5 lakhs.

(h) The introduction of any new sub-work not provided for in the estimate of a sanctioned
work involving an outlay of more than Rs. 5 lakhs.
(i) Any alteration in the standards of interlocking.

1137. Departmental Charges: When work is undertaken by the Engineering Department of a
Railway for outside parties, including other Railways, Government Department, Public
bodies (e.g., Municipalities, Port Trust, etc.) and employees of the Railway, Departmental
charges should be levied to cover the cost of tools and plant and of establishment
supervision The charges leviable will be 12-1/2 percent on the total cost of the work (wages
and materials) including the cost of land, except where a rate higher than 12-1/2 percent is
charged to Governmental Departments on a reciprocal basis. The charge will be levied once
only on the total outlay on a work (cash and stores, and will not be addition to a first charge
of 12-1/2 percent on the value of stores, vide paragraph 2329-S.

Note: (1) The above rules do not apply to works undertaken by Engineering Workshops to
which the rules applicable to works undertaken in workshops of the Locomotive and
Carriage and Wagon Department apply.

(2) Railway Units of the Territorial Army: The charges under the foregoing rules may be
remitted in the case of works not exceeding Rs. 500 in cost executed by the
Engineering Department of a Railway for Railway Units of the Territorial Army
provided that no additional establishment is entertained for such works.

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