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HPCL introduces green fuel Euro-IV to India | Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh commissioned HPCL's Euro-IV compliant
oil refinery here on Sunday. "The Prime Minister and the government of India is
committed to introducing mandatory fuel efficiency standards measured in terms
of 'kmpl', which is kilometres per litre, or in terms of CO2 emission which is
what the European countries are looking towards," said Ramesh. The Minister further
said that Comprehensive Environmental Assessment was carried out in the country.
"The 88 industrial clusters were found critically polluted. Out of these 88 clusters,
8 are in Maharashtra including Tarapur and Chembur," he added. He said the environment
Ministry will not give clearance to any industry in these 88 clusters unless Action
Plan is prepared and implemented to improve the environment in these areas. Drastic
and tough measures are to be taken to save the environment. Elaborating further,
he said that environment and public health are inter-dependent. " In a place like
Bhatinda where there is a critically polluted industrial cluster, the number of
Cancer patients is a very high. Where the environment is polluted beyond a certain
level, it has caused health hazards for the inhabitants of the area. Although
today in India, transport emission forms 7 to 8 per cent of the Green House Gases
( GHS) but keeping in view the rapid growth in transport sector, there is urgent
need to provide clean fuel at affordable price, he added. India has a target to
implement Euro IV-compliant fuel in 13 major cities from April and upgrade the
rest of the country's fuel standards to Euro-III from Euro-II specifications.
State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has spent Rupees 400
billion on the refinery's upgrade. By bringing in tighter fuel criteria to improve
air quality, India is set to leapfrog Asian rival China, which started using a
Euro III-like norm for petrol from Jan. 1, with a Euro III diesel equivalent set
to become a national mandate from June 2011. |
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