East Coast Railway Adopts Unified Standard Schedule Of Rates

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has implemented a Unified Standard Schedule of Rates (USSoR) for the execution of Civil Engineering Works like Bridge Work, Work formation and Permanent Way Works.

According to the reports, this process will be quite beneficial to all Railway Civil Engineers, not only for construction, maintenance, formation of works, Bridge Works and Permanent Way Works for better standard but also for effecting economy, durability, quality, better aesthetics and Safety. Basic input costs of labour and materials have been included.

The report further added that the East Coast Railway is ready to adopt the first Unified Standard Schedule of Rates-2019 over its jurisdiction and this process was also demanded by the Civil Engineers of Railways.

The East Coast Railway from the official Twitter account quoted- “ ECoR adopts the Unified Standard Schedule of Rates (USSoR)- 2019 over its jurisdiction for the execution of Civil Engg Works like Bridge, Works & P-Way Works. This process will be quite useful to all Civil Engineers.”

Railway Board has also advised all Zonal Railways, Railway Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Production Units for preparation of their Unified Standard Schedule of Rates on the above for the execution of works.

In the presence of Additional General Manager, Sudhir Kumar, Principal Chief Engineer, and other Principal Heads of Departments, ECoR General Manager Vidya Bhusan, divulged the USSOR 2019.