law: 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.