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1.1.3.  USFD TESTING OF RAILS/WELDS:
                     Timely detection of flaws & follow up action has helped the division to
                      maintain  high  level  of  safety  standards.  Division  has  achieved  an
                      average monthly progress of 1007 KMs in spite of shortage of USFD PWIs.
                      A cumulative progress of 7048 has been achieved up to Oct-2021  as
                      against the annual target of 10600 KMs for the year 2021-22

                     To wipe out all arrears in USFD testing, an agency has been fixed by the
                      headquarters for USFD testing of rails in division. The agency has tested
                      2889  KMs  of  track  up  to  Oct  2021  against  the  annual  target  of  4800
                      KMs.
                     The  defects  identified  during  the  year  2021-22  (April  2021  –  Oct2021)
                      are  shown  below.  Total  104  IMRs+26  IMRWs  have  been  identified  in
                      USFD  testing  during  the  current  year.  With  effective  USFD  testing  the
                      defective rail/welds were attended in time, thus averting occurrence of
                      major failures.  Thus rail/weld failures in the division have been reduced
                      to a great extent


                                      UP/D                     OBS
                       SECTION                 IMR   IMRW              OBSW     DFWR     DFWO       TOTAL
                                      N/SL                     Rail
                     BPQ-KZJ           UP      10       5       47       60        0       484       606
                     BPQ-KZJ           DN      11       3       44       72        0       249       379

                     BPQ-KZJ          UD L      1       0       7        1         0       28         37
                     KZJ-KI            UP      14       2       94       79        0       207       396

                     KZJ-KI            DN      12       1       81      189        0       155       438
                     SC-KZJ            UP       5       2       32       11        0       124       174

                     SC-KZJ            DN       0       0       29       23        0       129       181

                     SC-WADI           UP      10       6       23       46        0       92        177
                     SC-WADI           DN       8       1       43       77        0       161       290
                     VKB-PRLI           SL     11       3      187      736        0       530      1467

                     DKJ-MUGR           SL     15       1       75       57        0       177       325
                     SNF-MLY            SL      3       0       2        3         0       19         27

                     MTMI-VNUP          SL      0       0       18       50        0       85        153
                     KRA-SYI            SL      0       0       32       13        0       42         87

                     MAGH-GDCR          SL      3       2       3        41        0       19         68
                     BDCR-RUSG          SL      0       0       27       7         0        8         42
                     PDPL-NZB           SL      0       0       25       68        0       209       302

                     KHNP-GR            SL      1       0       4        5         0        0         10
                     TOTAL                     104     26      773     1538        0      2718      5159
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