In Northern Railway, many letters were sent to Divisions. Yet the Poles were put wrongly despite of divisions efforts.
This causes us losses in two ways:
Direct Loss
Indirect Loss
Direct Loss
It increases the loading time.
Now if say a rake was taking 10 hours to load, now at many places they are taking 1-4 hours more.
Each wagon earns us approximately Rs. 7000/- Per Hour.
Say this problem happens in 100 sidings affecting approx 365 rakes per year at each siding.
Total will be 365rakes (avg 1 rake per day) * 100 (sidings) * 3hours (avg delay due to pole location) * 7000 (rs/per hour per wagon) * 42 wagons/per rake(for calcualtion) = Rs. 32193000000
This amount is roughly Three Hundred Twenty Two Crores per year, and this will have impact for say 30 years, then total impact of just 100 sidings, averaging 1 rake per day for 30 years due to wrong location of poles will be 322 crores*30yrs = Rs. 9660 Crores.
Hence due to Wrong Location of Poles we lose Rs. Nine Thousand Six Hundred Crores over a period of 30 years while discounting increase in freight rates etc.
- Indirect Loss
Say with growth of Economy and rates rationalisation we have more demand of rakes. Now at the bare minimum, a loss of 3 hour per rake accounts to 90 hours per month. If Pole was correctly placed then approx 10 hours for loading means we are losing approx. 9 rakes per month or 108 rakes per year due to time delay.
For 100 sidings over 30 years at constant freight rate it will amount to:
108(rakes per year) * 100 (sidings) * 30 (years) * 7000 (rs/wagon/hour) * 42 (wagons) = Rs. 95256000000
Rs. NINE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO CRORES is the indirect loss due to wrong position of poles.
Hence TOTAL LOSS (Direct + Indirect) due to Wrong Position of Poles during a period of 30 years at 100 sidings will be approx. Ten Thousand Six Hundred Crores.
