Railways Act, 1989
85. Disposal of perishable consignments in certain
circumstances.
(1) Where by reason of any flood, land-slip, breach of any lines
of rails, collision between trains, derailment of, or other accident to a train
or any other cause, traffic on any route is interrupted and there is no
likelihood of early resumption of such traffic, nor is there any other
reasonable route whereby traffic of perishable consignment may be diverted to
prevent, loss or deterioration of, or damage to, such consignment the railway
administration may sell them in the manner provided in clause (a) of
sub-section (2) of section 83.
(2) The railway administration shall, out of the sale proceeds
received under sub-section (1), retain a sum equal to the freight and other
charges including expenses for the sale due to it and the surplus, if any, of
such sale proceeds, shall be rendered to the person entitled thereto.