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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