Supply of ultra-clean Euro-VI grade fuels begins in cities adjoining NCR

Supply of ultra-clean Euro-VI grade petrol and diesel has begun in cities adjoining the national capital since yesterday. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) said, while Delhi in April 2018 became the first city in the country to leapfrog from Euro-IV grade petrol and diesel to Euro-VI fuels, cities in the 12 contiguous districts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh as well as the city of Agra switched over to the cleaner fuel from yesterday. Rest of the country will follow suit from April 2020.

Petrol and diesel containing 10 parts per



million or ppm is now being supplied in Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli and Dholpur in Rajasthan and Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Baghpat, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Shamli and Agra in Uttar Pradesh. 

Originally Gurugram and Faridabad too were to get Euro-VI grade fuel from April 1 but supplies there have been postponed. India had in 2015 decided to leapfrog to Euro-VI emission norm compliant petrol and diesel from April 2020, from the Euro-IV grade at present.