HIGH POWER COMITTEE REPORT ON RUNNING STAFF

High power committee Report

High power committee to review the duty hours of running staff constituted under the chairmanship of Shri. D.P.Tripathi submitted its report.

  Here is a brief extract of the report related to running staff.

1.       Duty hours of freight trains crew is 9 hrs from the departure of the train. Total duty hrs from sign on to sign off shall not exceed 11 hrs.  In exigencies it can be extended to 12 hrs.

2.       Mail express trains crew duty hrs up to 8 hrs.

3.       Passenger trains crew duty hrs as that of freight trains crew.

4.       Capital punishment of SPAD cases will depends upon the gravity of offence and also past records of loco pilot in subject, should be considered for deciding punishment.

5.       No change in Fortnight duty hrs of freight trains crew.

6.       Fortnight duty hrs of Mail Express train crew will be 90 hrs.

7.       No decision about classifying the running staff from "continuous" to "intensive".

8.       Cumulative duty hrs for freight trains crew is 104 hrs and max 125 hrs per fortnight.

9.       Out of HQ should not extend 72 hrs. ( here committee played gimmick it mentioned previously it was 96 hrs and committee suggested to limit 72 hrs)

10.   One full night rest after working two continuous nights. Here night means any period between 00 hrs to 6 hrs.

11.   HQ rest should be 16 hrs irrespective of duty hrs performed.

12.   Committee didn't agree to exclude two hrs preparation time.

13.   Outstation rest should be 8 hrs irrespective of duty hrs performed.

14.   Committee recommend PR of 40 hrs, four in a month.

15.   In suburban trains Guard in rear cab may be replaced by Motorman, to work when rear cab becomes leading in terminals. 

 Despite strong agitation from all organisations while constituting the committee to include any retired judge as a chairman, railway board formed the committee unilaterally .

   All the committee members are directly related to railways administration , hence what else we expect from the report.  The report is made considering the convenience of administration. There is no judicious recommendations about outstation rest and other  related issues.