Govt not to postpone introduction of Euro-III fuel

The government of India has rejected the demand of auto industry to postpone the introduction of environment-friendly Euro-III fuel. The goverment has asked oil companies to sell environment-friendly Euro-III fuel in Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra by June 1. On the other hand Goa has started selling this new and cleaner fuel from April 1, 2010.

The ministry of petroleum has said that it will make sure that Euro-III fuel will be sold in 17 other states and Union territories by July 1, and by October 1, Euro-III fuel will be available in all petrol pumps across the country.

Auto companies in India demanded that Euro-III (or Bharat Stage-III) fuel should be introduced across India at one go, from October. The new fuel reduces emission of sulphur and benzene that pollute environment and at the same time increases the fuel efficiency of the vehicle. The states including Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Western UP will be switched over from Euro-III to Euro-IV fuel by July.

The new emission norms, BS-IV has already been applied in 13 cities including Delhi (Icluding Delhi-NCR), Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Agra, Solapur and Lucknow from April 1. While the rest of the country has been upgraded to BS-III emission norms from BS-II.

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