December 25, 2024 09:51 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Former home secy Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed Manipur Guv amid ethnic violence resurgence | Five soldiers killed, several injured as Army truck falls into Poonch gorge | Allu Arjun quizzed by police in Pushpa 2 stampede case | Wanted Indian drug smuggler killed in the US | Congress leader files complaint against Allu Arjun for 'insulting police' in Pushpa 2: The Rule | Ahead of Jaishankar's US visit, foreign secretary Vikram Misri meets top US diplomats | India refrains from commenting on extradition request for ousted Bengladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina | I don't blame Allu Arjun, ready to withdraw case: Pushpa 2 stampede victim's husband | Indian New Wave Cinema Architect Shyam Benegal dies at age 90 | Cylinder blast at a temple in Karnataka's Hubbali injures nine people

BS-VI fuel will bring down sulphur level by 80 percent from current BSIV levels, says Dharmendra Pradhan

| @indiablooms | Apr 02, 2018, at 10:23 pm

New Delhi, Apr 2 (IBNS): Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the government has decided to proactively advance the roll-out of BS-VI fuel in Delhi from April 2018, instead of April 2020 after taking stock of the alarming pollution situation in Delhi in winters.

BS-VI fuel will bring down sulphur by 5 times from the current BS-IV levels – this is an 80 percent reduction which makes it extremely clean, he said.

It will improve emissions from the existing fleet, even from the older vehicles on road, the Minister said.

BS-VI is as clean as CNG or even cleaner than CNG in some respects Pradhan said at the launch of BS-VI compliant automotive fuels in Delhi and added his government plans to extend the availability of these fuels across the country by Apr 1.

According to a Centre for Science & Environment study, air pollution takes 10,000-30,000 lives in Delhi every year.

"We believe that early migration to BS-VI fuels in the National Capital of Delhi will help in saving thousands of precious lives by bringing down vehicular pollution significantly," Pradhan said.

However, to take full advantage of the availability of such superior fuels, the vehicle technology has to move to BS-VI. Introduction of BS VI fuel will only give partial benefits if BS VI compliant vehicles are not put on the road.

"I am told that our auto-companies are already making BS VI cars in India and exporting them to developed countries. I am sure they can also do so for our own country," Pradhan said.

Pradhan appealed to all automobile manufacturers to start selling BS VI vehicles, wherever BS VI fuel is available.

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.