Indian Railways Open Lines General Third Amendment Rules 2023

7397 GI/202 3 (1) रजजस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 687] NEW DELHI, THURS DAY , NOVEMBER 30, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 9, 1945 CG-DL-E-30112023-250327 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Railway Board) NOT IFICATION New Delhi, the 29th November, 2023 G.S.R . 870(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (g) of sub -section (2) of section 60, read with section 198 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), the Central Government hereby makes the following ru les further to amend the Indian Railways (Open Lines) General Rules, 1976, namely: - 1. Short title and commencement . – (1) These rules may be called the Indian Railways (Open Lines) General (Third Amendment) Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Indian Railways (Open Lines) General Rules, 1976, in rule 15.02, after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: - ‗(c) Planned maintenance and asset repair or replacement or creation work shall be executed in accordance with the ―Rolling Block Programme‖. Explanation: - For the purposes of this clause, ―Rolling Block Programme‖ means advance planning of traffic blocks or disconnections (civil or electrical or signal & telecommunication etc., including non - interlocked work) over a specified duration upto 52 weeks, required for maintenance and asset repair or replacement or creation work, to be prepared on a rolling basis by adding one week plan every week by reviewing the output of the immediate preceding week and planning for the remaining weeks ahead.‘ [F. No.2023/Safety(A&R)/19/12] JAYA VARMA SINHA, Member (O & BD) and Ex -Officio Sec y. Note : The principal rules were published in the Gaz ette of India, Extraordinary, Part -II, Section 3, Sub -section (i) vide number G.S.R. 445(E), dated the 21st July, 1981 and last amended vide number G.S.R.535(E), dated the 25th July, 2023. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Pr ess, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.