the permissible height of a transport vehicle is 475 metres new delhi auto industry body siam has asked indian railways to increase the height of barriers being constructed at level crossings across the country as a part of electrification process pointing out that vehicle carriers are facing difficulties to cross them forcing them to take a long detour sometimes the industry body has urged the railways to increase the height of overhead line at the crossings in order to enable the passage of vehicle carriers with a height of 475 metres in a letter to railway board chairman v k yadav the auto industry body has also pointed out that the electrical division of the board has been placing such vehicle carriers under the category of over dimensioned carriers odc advt as a result such carriers are being charged a hefty amount by the railways based on the height above 46 metres for passage at the level crossing despite them being of standard permissible height and not requiring any special sector wise permission as applicable to over dimensioned loads siam said vehicle carriers are sometimes forced to take a long detour to avoid barriers which is resulting in fuel and time wastage it highlighted as per the central motor vehicle rules 1989 the permissible height of a transport vehicle is 475 metres it added siam also pointed out a case of a newly constructed road barrier at the level crossing at kuchaikote bihar the industry body said with electrification process underway at the crossing there is no alternate road available leading to heavy congestion of vehicle carriers the crossing being a gateway to dealers in east and northeast the stoppage is affecting delivery of vehicles to 71 cities with an average volume of 6500 vehicles per month siam noted siam has also given a list of crossings to the railways across the country in various states like uttar pradesh bihar north east orissa andhra pradesh madhya pradesh maharashtra kerala tamil nadu and telangana where the transportation vehicles are facing the barrier height issue pti published on jun 11 2019 at 0438 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app siam auto industry over dimensioned carriers indian railways vk yadav homenewsindustrysiam asks railways to increase height of barriers at level crossings