Eastern Railway

EASTERN RAILWAY

WORK STUDY REPORT

Work study on „Safaiwala under Operating Department‟ over MLDT Division

(STUDY NO.WSER-35/17-18)

(Submitted on 07.02.2018)

Study guided by :- Sri S. Chandra, AEO

Study conducted by :- Sri K.K. Chatterjee, CPLI

BY CENTRAL PLANNING ORGANISATION GM’S EFFICIENCY CELL EASTERN RAILWAY KOLKATA

CONTENTS

Sl. Subject Page No.

Acknowledgement, Authority, References & 1. I Summary of Recommendations

2. Executive summary II

Chapter - I 3. 1 to 2 Introduction

Chapter - II 4. 3 to 12 Existing Scenario & Critical Analysis

Chapter - III 5. 13 Financial Appraisal

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The study team is thankful to Sr. DOM/MLDT for offering his valuable guidance in course of conducting the subject work study. The study team is also thankful to the respective Inspectors and Office Supdt.‟s for their appropriate co-operation.

METHODOLOGY ADOPTED

The following methodology has been adopted during carrying out the study:

1. Collection of data in regard to workload of the Safaiwala posts. 2. Discussion with respective inspectors under Sr. DOM/MLDT. 3. Studied the existing workload and deployment of staff. 4. Studied the areas of existing cleaning contracts of Operating Deptt.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

As approved by the competent authority, the subject work study has been undertaken by the GM‟s Efficiency Cell of Eastern Railway in financial year 2017-18 under the following terms of reference:-

1. Evaluate the quantum of work. 2. Examine the deployment of Safaiwala against workload. 3. Scrutinize the participation of foreign agency in cleaning work.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION

Sl. No. Recommendation Para ref.

The Study Team recommends that 21 posts to be surrendered immediately from the existing 1 Sanctioned Strength of Safaiwala over MLDT 2.24.0. Division and on-roll 29 incumbents may be redeployed suitably.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Work study on „Safaiwala under Operating Department‟ over MLDT Division . Study Name & No. (Work study No. WSER-35/17-18)

Year of conducting the 2017-18 study:

(i) Evaluate the quantum of work. (ii) Examine the deployment of Safaiwala against workload. Terms of reference: (iii) Scrutinize the participation of foreign agency in cleaning work.

i) Collection of data in regard to workload of the Safaiwalas. ii) Discussion with concerned personnel. Methodology: iii) Studied the existing workload and deployment of staff. iv) Studied the areas of existing cleaning contracts of Operating Dept.

Sanctioned Strength: 27

Existing Men on Roll: 29

Vacant post: NIL

Proposed Surrender: 21

CHAPTER-I

1.0.0. INTRODUCTION:

1.1.0. IR is the single largest system of public transportation in India covering about 64460 route kilometers through high density urban areas as well as vast rural and forest areas. It provides services to 2.2 crore passengers and operates 11842 passenger trains daily. The sheer quantities of passenger operations put tremendous pressure on the existing infrastructure and calls for an effective system for maintenance of cleanliness and sanitation at stations and in trains. The requisite standards framed by the Government of India are required to be implemented for catering to the high passenger traffic density. This considerably impacts the environment on account of waste generation

1.2.0. One of the commitments of the Railways in its „Citizen‟s Charter on Passenger Services on Indian Railways‟ is to provide safe and dependable train services to the passengers and ensure adequate passenger amenities in trains and at railway stations, which includes provision of clean and hygienic surroundings both at railway stations and in trains.

1.3.0. Operating Department in Railways is responsible for managing the smooth running of trains. From crew booking, running of trains, managing of Station premises are controlled by Operating Department. To maintain cleanliness and providing better passenger amenities are also area of concern for Operating Department. Keeping this objective in view, special emphasis is laid on the collection and disposal of refuse and sewage in a scientific manner. Cleanliness of Railway areas is multidisciplinary approach by various departments of the Railways viz. Medical, Engineering, Operating and Mechanical. Operating Department perform the Sanitation job at major Railway stations under the supervision of Station Managers.

1.4.0. Indian Railway is facing tremendous financial crunch after implementation of 6th Pay Commission. Operating ratio is gradually increasing. Though Indian Railway is not a business organization but to survive, it is always essential to make the organization in profit i.e. operating ratio should be less than 1. Performance Efficiency Index shown in the corporate plan published by the Eastern Railway is given below.

Operating Ratio

2012-13 178.86%

2013-14 173.32%

2014-15 177.27%

2015-16 180.56%

2016-17 165.25%

2017-18 178.76% (Proposed)

1.5.0. The subject work study has been undertaken to review the quality of sanitary services at Station premises under the Operating department keeping in view the financial achievement. This is possible only by maximum utilising of workforce with mechanical devices for cleaning operations. Study team considers the maximum participation of foreign agencies in cleaning and washing process in major station premises to upkeep the environment of station surroundings to make it world class.

CHAPTER-II

2.0.0. EXISTING SCENARIO & CRITICAL ANALYSIS:

2.1.0. All goods sheds, yard and stations of MLDT division are under the overall control of Optg. Deptt /MLDT and under direct control of concerned DOM & AOM. Each goods shed/yard are functioning directly under Traffic Inspector and stations under Station Master.

2.2.0. Presently, Medical Department of MLDT Division supervises the cleanliness / sanitary works of 04 nos. Railway Stations of MLDT Division viz. Bhagalpur/BGP („A-I‟ Class Station), Malda Town/MLDT („A-I‟ Class Station), Jamalpur/JMP („A‟ Class Station) & Sahibganj / SBG („B‟ Class Station) through outsourcing i.e. Cleaning Works Contract.

2.3.0. On the other hand, the operating department of MLDT Division supervises the cleanliness / sanitary works of 06 nos. Railway Stations of MLDT Station viz. New Farakka/NFK („A‟ Class Station), Barharwa Jn./BHW („B‟ Class Station), Kahalgaon/CLG („B‟ Class Station), Sultanganj/SGG („B‟ Class Station), Pirpainti/PPT („D‟ Class Station) & Jangipur Road/JRLE („D‟ Class Station) through outsourcing i.e. Cleaning Works Contract.

2.4.0. In the MLDT Division, cleanliness/sanitary work of rest 52 stations are catered with the utilization of “Cash Imprest” money which is „Recouped‟ by-monthly. Station Masters of those stations looks after the cleaning work.

2.5.0. As per the terms and conditions of the subject work-study, the study team has assessed the existing workload of Safaiwala, deployed in different work stations. The workload of these type of categories has been drastically changed after the introduction of contractual agency in cleaning operation in stations. The Sanctioned strength and On-Roll position of Safaiwala under Operating Department of MLDT Division is tabulated as under: TABLE-1

Category Grade Sanctioned Pay scale Men-On-Roll Vacancy of Staff Pay Strength

Safaiwala Rs. 5,200 - 20,200/- Rs. 1800/- 27 29 -02

2.6.0. The existing infrastructure i.e. the organizational set up, present workload, work point and working system of Safaiwala in MLDT division under the control of Sr. DOM/ MLDT is illustrated in paragraphs below.

2.7.0. The existing point-wise Sanctioned strength and On-roll position of Safaiwalas working under Sr. DOM/MLDT over MLDT Division is tabulated as under. This as per Sr.DPO/ER/MLDT‟s office letter no. ET-2/Misc./Staff/MLDT, Malda dated the 12th Jan‟ 2018. (Annexure -A)

TABLE-2

Safaiwala Sl. Station Station Code Sanctioned No. Men-On-Roll Vacancy Strength 1. Nimtita NILE 02 02 NIL 2. Sujnipara SPLE 01 01 NIL 3. Jangipur Road JRLE 01 01 NIL 4. Mahipal Road MPLR 01 01 NIL 5. Bakudi BKLE 01 01 NIL 6. Dhamdhamia DDX 01 01 NIL 7. Tinpahar Junction TPH 01 01 NIL 8. Rajmahal RJL 01 02 -01 9. Akbarnagar AKN 01 01 NIL 10. Malda Town MLDT Nil 01 -01 11. Karanpur ATO KPTO 01 01 NIL 12 Sahibganj SBG 01 01 NIL 13 Karamtola KRMA Nil 01 -01 14 Pirpainti PPT 01 NIL 01 15 Maharajpur MJP Nil 01 -01 16 Bikram Shila BKSL Nil 01 -01 17 Kahalgaon CLG 02 01 01 18 Ghoga GGA 01 01 NIL 19 Lailakh Mamalkha LMM Nil 01 01 20 Sabaur SBO 01 NIL 01 21 Nathnagar NAT 01 01 NIL 22 Bariarpur BUP 01 01 NIL 23 Dasharathpur DRTP 01 NIL 01 24 Masudan MSDN 01 01 NIL 25 Abhaipur AHA 01 02 -01 26 Kajra KJH 01 NIL 01 27 Dhanauri DNRE 01 01 NIL 28 Barahat Junction BHLE 01 NIL 01 29 Banka BAKA Nil 01 01 30 Dharhara DRH 01 01 NIL 31 Mirza Cheuki MZC 01 01 NIL

Total → 27 29 -02

2.8.0. As already stated earlier in above paragraph that, Operating department of MLDT Division is catering cleaning activities of some stations with the utilization of „Cash Imprest‟, Particulars of which is given below.

2.9.0. Particulars of the recouped amount by 62 block stations is tabulated below. The first 57 block stations are divided in to 7 groups. Each group consists of 7 to 9 stations. Moreover, for each group, one Sr. Subordinate viz. TI(M) is nominated for Receiving recoupment of Imprest Cash. For another 5 stations, respective SMs are nominated for the said recoupment.

2.10.0. Revised amount of „Cash Imprest‟ for Stations over MLDT Division are For „A-1‟ & „A‟ Class Stations : Rs. 15,000.00 For „B‟ Class Stations : Rs. 10,000.00 For „D‟ Class Stations : Rs. 5,000.00 For „E‟/ „F‟ Class Stations : Rs. 4,000.00

TABLE-3

Respective Sr. Name of Stations Total amount Amount Sl. Subordinate to whom under the recouped to recouped to Grand Total No. the Recoupment of respective Sr. each respective each station 'Cash Imprest' is made. Subordinate Sr. Subordinate 1 GZM Rs. 4,000.00 2 JMQ Rs. 4,000.00 3 KTJ Rs. 5,000.00 4 TI(M)/I/NFK CMX Rs. 4,000.00 Rs. 29,000.00 5 TDLE Rs. 4,000.00 6 BDAG Rs. 4,000.00 7 BDAG/LC Rs. 4,000.00 8 DGLE Rs. 5,000.00 9 NILE Rs. 5,000.00 10 SPLE Rs. 4,000.00 11 JRLE Rs. 5,000.00 12 TI(M)/II/NFK GALE Rs. 4,000.00 Rs. 39,000.00 13 MGLE Rs. 4,000.00 14 MPLR Rs. 4,000.00 15 BPBS Rs. 4,000.00 Rs. 3,29,000.00 16 PRDG Rs. 4,000.00 17 BHW Rs. 10,000.00 18 BKLE Rs. 4,000.00 19 DDX Rs. 4,000.00 20 TPH Rs. 5,000.00 21 RJL Rs. 5,000.00 TI(M)/SBG Rs. 48,000.00 22 KXE Rs. 4,000.00 23 TLI Rs. 4,000.00 24 KPTO Rs. 4,000.00 25 MJP Rs. 4,000.00 26 SLI Rs. 4,000.00 27 KRMA Rs. 4,000.00 28 TI(M)/I/BGP MZC Rs. 5,000.00 Rs. 50,000.00 29 PPT Rs. 5,000.00

30 SVRP Rs. 5,000.00 31 BKSL Rs. 4,000.00 32 CLG Rs. 10,000.00 33 EKC Rs. 4,000.00 34 GGA Rs. 5,000.00 35 LMM Rs. 4,000.00 36 SBO Rs. 4,000.00 37 TKLE Rs. 4,000.00 38 BHLE Rs. 4,000.00 39 BANKA Rs. 4,000.00 40 TI(M)/II/BGP DWLE Rs. 4,000.00 Rs. 28,000.00 41 MDLE Rs. 4,000.00 42 HSDA Rs. 4,000.00 43 Murahara Rs. 4,000.00 44 DRTP Rs. 4,000.00 45 DRH Rs. 4,000.00 46 MSDN Rs. 4,000.00 47 TI(M)/I/JMP AHA Rs. 5,000.00 Rs. 30,000.00 48 KJH Rs. 5,000.00 49 UREN Rs. 4,000.00 50 DNRE Rs. 4,000.00 51 NAT Rs. 4,000.00 52 AKN Rs. 4,000.00 53 SGG Rs.10,000.00 54 TI(M)/II/JMP GNNA Rs. 4,000.00 Rs. 35,000.00 55 KPRD Rs. 4,000.00 56 BUP Rs 5,000.00 57 RPUR Rs. 4,000.00 58 SM/MLDT MLDT Rs. 15,000.00 59 SM/NFK NFK Rs. 15,000.00 60 SM/SBG SBG Rs. 10,000.00 Rs. 70,000.00 61 SM/BGP BGP Rs. 15,000.00 62 SM/JMP JMP Rs. 15,000.00

2.11.0. Study Team further prepared another table reg. the staff position, amount of Imprest cash sanctioned for cleaning / sanitary work for the respective stations over MLDT Division. TABLE-4

Safaiwala Contractual / Sl. Station Station Sanc. Men- Departmental Amount of Imprest Cash recoupment No. Code Strength On-Roll Vacancy Cleaning Work (S/S) (MOR) Rs. 5000.00 x 2 times per month 1. Nimtita NILE 02 02 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 10,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 2. Sujnipara SPLE 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Jangipur 3. JRLE 01 01 NIL Contractual Rs. 5000.00 per month (one time) Road Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 4. Mahipal Road MPLR 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00

Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 5. Bakudi BKLE 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 6. Dhamdhamia DDX 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Tinpahar Rs. 5000.00 x 2 times per month 7. TPH 01 01 NIL Departmental Junction totaling Rs. 10,000.00 Rs. 5000.00 x 2 times per month 8. Rajmahal RJL 01 02 -01 Departmental totaling Rs. 10,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 9. Akbarnagar AKN 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00

10. Malda Town MLDT Nil 01 -01 Contractual Rs. 15000.00 per month (one time)

Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 11. Karanpur ATO KPTO 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 12. Sahibganj SBG 01 01 NIL Contractual Rs. 10000.00 per month (one time) Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 13. Karamtola KRMA Nil 01 -01 Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 14. Pirpainti PPT 01 NIL 01 Contractual Rs. 5000.00 per month (one time) Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 15. Maharajpur MJP Nil 01 -01 Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 16. Bikram Shila BKSL Nil 01 -01 Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 17. Kahalgaon CLG 02 01 01 Contractual Rs. 10000.00 per month (one time)

Rs. 5000.00 x 2 times per month 18. Ghoga GGA 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 10,000.00 Lailakh Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 19. LMM Nil 01 01 Departmental Mamalkha totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 20. Sabaur SBO 01 NIL 01 ------totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 21. Nathnagar NAT 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Rs. 5000.00 x 2 times per month 22. Bariarpur BUP 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 10,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 23. Dasharathpur DRTP 01 NIL 01 ------totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 24. Masudan MSDN 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Rs. 5000.00 x 2 times per month 25. Abhaipur AHA 01 02 -01 Departmental totaling Rs. 10,000.00 Rs. 5000.00 x 2 times per month 26. Kajra KJH 01 NIL 01 ------totaling Rs. 10,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 27. Dhanauri DNRE 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Barahat Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 28. BHLE 01 NIL 01 ------Junction totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 29. Banka BAKA Nil 01 01 Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00

Rs. 4000.00 x 2 times per month 30. Dharhara DRH 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 8,000.00 Rs. 5000.00 x 2 times per month 31. Mirza Cheuki MZC 01 01 NIL Departmental totaling Rs. 10,000.00 32. Bhagalpur BGP Nil Nil Nil Contractual Rs. 15000.00 per month (one time)

33. Jamalpur JMP Nil Nil Nil Contractual Rs. 15000.00 per month (one time)

34. New Farakka NFK Nil Nil Nil Contractual Rs. 15000.00 per month (one time)

35. Barharoa BHW Nil Nil Nil Contractual Rs. 10000.00 per month (one time)

36. Sultanganj SGG Nil Nil Nil Contractual Rs. 10000.00 per month (one time)

2.12.0. The under mentioned aspects are noted by the study team -

1. There are 04 (Four) Nos. of stations in which MOR is NIL, though it has Sanctioned strength of „Safaiwala‟ posts and Imprest cash of Rs. 5000.00 or 4000.00, whatever the case may be, is also sanctioned/recouped in every fortnight i.e. 2 times per month.

2. There are 22 (Twenty-two) Nos. of stations in which MOR of safaiwala is 1 or 2 utilized for station whatever the case may be, cleaning/sanitary work. Imprest cash of Rs. 5000.00 or 4000.00, is also sanctioned/recouped in every fortnight i.e. 2 times per month.

3. There are 06 (Six) Nos. of stations in which S/S is NIL, though it has MOR in „Safaiwala‟ posts and Imprest cash is sanctioned/recouped in every month or every fortnight i.e. 2 times per month, whatever the case may be, also sanctioned.

4. There are 10 (Ten) Nos. of most important stations over MLDT Division in which cleaning/sanitary work is done contractually. The Imprest cash of Rs. 5000.00, 10,000.00 or 15000.00, whatever the case may be, is also sanctioned/recouped in every month i.e. 1 time per month for Misc. work other than cleanliness work.

5. Out of 10 stations, mentioned above (where Cleanliness contract already started functioning), 06 stations have cleanliness contracts controlled by MLDT Operating Department (viz. New Farakka, Jangipur Road, Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Barharoa & Sultanganj) & rest 04 stations have cleanliness contract controlled by MLDT Medical Department (viz. Malda Town, Sahibganj, Bhagalpur & Jamalpur)

6. Out of 06 nos. MLDT Operating Department controlled Cleanliness Works Contract functioning stations, 03 stations i.e. New Farakka, Barharoa & Sultanganj have no Sanctioned Strength or MOR of Safaiwala. Besides that, in Pirpainti station MOR of Safaiwala is NIL & in Jangipur Road & Kahalgaon station MOR of Safaiwala is merely 01 respectively.

7. Out of 04 nos. MLDT Medical Department controlled Cleanliness Works Contract functioning stations, 02 stations i.e. Bhagalpur & Jamalpur have no Sanctioned Strength or MOR of Safaiwala. Besides that, in Malda Town & Sahibganj station, MOR of Safaiwala is merely 01 respectively.

8. Thus, Out of 10 stations, mentioned above (where Cleanliness contract already started functioning), 05 nos. very important stations of MLDT Division viz. New Farakka, Barharoa, Sultanganj, Bhagalpur & Jamalpur have no Sanctioned Strength or MOR of Safaiwala. Rest 05 nos. very important stations have MOR either NIL or 01 only.

2.13.0. The particulars of Cleanliness Contracts, under execution in Operating Department / Malda Division, is tabulated below. TABLE-5

Value of Sl. Work Order/ Name of the Name of the Contracts for Remarks No. Contract No. Work Contractor 2(two)years

TM/Cleanliness/ Manual cleaning work M/s. Hamja Work in progress NFK/05/15-16. at NFK Station & its 1. Enterprise, Rs. 11,37,582.00 w.e.f. 24-02-2016 Tender Opened approach area for Murshidabad DOC: 23-02-2018. on 21-12-2017 2 years.

Manual cleaning work M/s. Amina Work in progress TM/Cleanliness/ at JRLE Station & its 2. Enterprise, Rs. 8,61,847.00 w.e.f. 10-09-2016 JRLE/06/15-16. approach area for Burdwan DOC: 09-09-2018. 2 years.

M/s. Irshad TM/Cleanliness/ Manual cleaning work Ali & Sons Work in progress PPT/OT/16. at PPT Station & its 3. Engineering Rs.10,54,324.00 w.e.f. 04-08-2017 Tender Opened approach area for Works, DOC: 03-08-2019. on 16-08-2017 2 years. Sahibganj

Manual cleaning work M/s. Raki Work in progress TM/Cleanliness/ at CLG Station & its Halder, 4. Rs. 8,54,103.00 w.e.f. 24-11-2017 CLG/17-18. approach area for Fatejungpur, DOC: 23-11-2019. 2 years. Murshidabad

Manual cleaning work M/s. Raki Work in progress TM/Cleanliness/ at BHW Station & its Halder, 5. Rs. 12,12,635.00 w.e.f. 20-11-2017 BHW/17-18 approach area for Fatejungpur, DOC: 19-11-2019. 2 years. Murshidabad

Manual cleaning work Tender has been opened and is under process for TM/Cleanliness/ at SGG Station & its finalization. Total value of L/1 recommended and 6. SGG/17-18 approach area for accepted is Rs. 17, 23,554.00. Name of the Firm is 2 years. M/s. S.S. Singh, Howrah.

2.14.0. Besides the above 06 Cleanliness Contracts under the execution /supervision /monitoring of Operating Department/Malda Division, there are more 04 nos. Cleanliness Contracts, under the execution /supervision /monitoring of Medical Department/Malda Division for Stations of MLDT, SBG, BGP & JMP. Particulars of all the (06 + 04) nos. i.e. 10 nos. station-wise Cleanliness Contracts is tabulated below. TABLE-6

Safaiwala Cleanliness Amount of Imprest Cash Sl. Station & Station Class of Sanc. Contract recoupment No. Code Station Men-On- Strength Vacancy monitored by Roll (MOR (S/S) Malda Town / Rs. 15,000.00 per month 1. ‘A’ Class NIL 01 -01 Medical Deptt. MLDT (one time) ‘A-1’ Rs. 15,000.00 per month 2. Bhagalpur/BGP Nil Nil Nil Medical Deptt. Class (one time) Rs. 15,000.00 per month 3. Jamalpur/JMP ‘A’ Class Nil Nil Nil Medical Deptt. (one time) Rs. 10,000.00 per month 4. Sahibganj/SBG ‘B’ Class 01 01 Nil Medical Deptt. (one time) New Farakka/ Rs. 15,000.00 per month 5. ‘A’ Class Nil Nil Nil Optg. Deptt. NFK (one time) Rs. 10,000.00 per month 6. Barharoa/BHW ‘B’ Class Nil Nil Nil Optg. Deptt. (one time) Rs. 10,000.00 per month 7. Sultanganj/SGG ‘B’ Class Nil Nil Nil Optg. Deptt. (one time) Rs. 10,000.00 per month 8. Kahalgaon/CLG ‘B’ Class 02 01 01 Optg. Deptt. (one time) Rs. 5,000.00 per month 9. Pirpainti/PPT ‘D’ Class 01 00 01 Optg. Deptt. (one time) Jangipur Road/ Rs. 5,000.00 per month 10. ‘D’ Class 01 01 00 Optg. Deptt. JRLE (one time)

Thus, It is seen that -

 All the stations over MLDT Division pertaining to „A-1‟ Class, „A‟ Class & „B‟ Class were come under the purview of Cleanliness Contracts.  Only 02 stations over MLDT Division pertaining to „D‟ Class i.e. Pirpainti/PPT & Jangipur Road/ JRLE were come under the purview of Cleanliness Contracts.

2.15.0. From Table-3 & Table-6 above, it is seen that 52 stations belongs to categories „D‟ & „E‟/ „F‟ out of total 62 stations over MLDT Division are not under the purview of Cleanliness Contracts. For the said 52 stations, Imprest Cash to the tune of Rs. 4000.00 to Rs.5,000.00 is recouped after each fortnight for the purpose of cleanliness.

For rest 10 stations as per Table-6, were come under the purview of Cleanliness Contracts. Imprest Cash is also sanctioned to the tune of Rs. 15,000.00 / Rs. 10,000.00 / Rs. 5,000.00 depending upon the class of stations. For these stations, Imprest Cash is utilized for other misc. purpose.

2.16.0. For the cleanliness work of the above mentioned 52 stations which are not under the purview of Cleanliness Contracts, 25 safaiwala are also deployed, though Imprest Cash

to the tune of Rs. 4000.00 to Rs.5,000.00 is recouped after each fortnight totaling Rs. 2,19,000.00. Moreover, 04 safaiwala are also deployed to those 10 stations as per Table-6, which are under the purview of Cleanliness Contracts,

In this way (25 + 04) i.e. 29 safaiwala are deployed wherein the Sanctioned Strength is only 27 posts.

2.17.0. In this present scenario over MLDT Division, it is clearly understood that there is a very little scope or no scope at all to deploy any departmental Safaiwala for cleanliness of Railway stations stated above.

2.18.0. After going through the present cleanliness scenario of Railway stations over MLDT Division in detail, it is clear that in one hand departmental safaiwalas are deployed for stations cleaning and on the other hand a very good amount of Rs. 2,19,000.00 per fortnight i.e. Rs. 4,38,000.00 per month is recouped as impreset cash for station cleaning of „E/F‟ Class & „D‟ Class stations (Except JRLE & PPT). Moreover, During physical observation, it is observed that the quality of housekeeping maintained by the private agencies at the station premises is far better than that maintained by departmental staff.

2.19.0. Study team is also thrust upon the necessity of maintaining a skeleton structure of safaiwala over MLDT Division to cater any emergent situation, VIP movement, etc. In this respect, 02 teams of safaiwala comprising of 02(two) incumbents each, totaling 04 (four) safaiwala may be kept ready at Divisional Hd. Quarters level in place of deploying 29 safaiwala on roll, to meet up any kind of exigencies.

2.20.0. So, in a nutshell, to manage the cleanliness system of Railway stations over MLDT Divisions, following work practice may be adopted -

A) Continuing the contractual Manual cleaning work for the 10 Stations as mentioned in Table-6. B) Imprest Cash to be utilized & recouped thereafter for the stations as usual. The amount of Imprest cash may be made to order as per the situation demands. C) 02 teams of safaiwala comprising of 02(two) incumbents in each team, totaling 04 (four) safaiwala, may be kept ready at Divisional Hd. Quarters level to meet up any kind of exigencies.

2.21.0. Thus, for the above sort of arrangement, bare requirement of Safaiwala is 04 over MLDT Division. RG (Rest Giver) as 16.5% of 04 posts i.e. 0.66. Thus, Bare Requirement + RG (Rest Giver) = 4.00 + 0.66 i.e. 4.66 posts. LR (Leave Reserve) as 12.5% of 4.66 posts i.e. 0.58. Thus, Actual Requirement = Bare Requirement + RG (Rest Giver) + LR (Leave Reserve) = 4.00 + 0.66 + 0.58 i.e. 5.24 posts ≈ 6.00 posts.

2.22.0. From above paragraphs, study team came into conclusion that the justified requirement of safaiwala is 6.00 which is needed to cater the present workload, stated in the above paragraph in place of present sanctioned strength 27 & MOR 29.

2.23.0. This justifiably proposed staff strength based on the observation by study team reflects the surplus of (27 - 06) =21 posts of safaiwala from MLDT Optg. Department against sanctioned strength of 27 posts.

2.24.0. RECOMMENDATION:

The Study Team recommends that 21 posts to be surrendered immediately from the existing Sanctioned Strength of Safaiwala over MLDT Division and on-roll 29 incumbents may be redeployed suitably.

CHAPTER-III

3.0.0. FINANCIAL APPRAISAL

3.1.0. As per recommendation made in Para 2.24.0., 21 posts of Optg. Department Safaiwala over MLDT Division to be made surplus and financial savings thus achieved will be as under:

Total DA @ 5 Proposed Monthly Yearly Mean pay GP Pay/staff/ Category % surplus savings savings month /Scale of pay

Figs. In Rupees Figs. In Rupees

Safaiwala / 21 Rs. 18,000- 37,450.00 1,800.00 1,873.00 39,323.00 (Twenty- 8,25,783.00 99,09,396.00 one) 56,900/-

3.2.0. Thus the annual financial savings against surplus of 21 (Twenty-one) posts of Safaiwala having Pay Scale Rs. 18,000-56,900/-, G.P. Rs. 1800.00, works out to Rs. 99.09 lakhs (Approx.)