More than 1,000 motor vehicle owners had lodged complaints with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) regarding their vehicle engines that had been damaged after using the low quality petrol, the Petroleum Minister said yesterday.
Minister Premajayantha said vehicle owners would be compensated after a special committee, which would be appointed to evaluate the complaints completed its work.
The main opposition party of Sri Lanka, United National Party (UNP) has called on the government to pay compensation to the vehicles owners whose vehicles had been affected due to the pumping of substandard fuel imported by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC).
UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake has made this comment after visiting a garage in Peradeniya where vehicles damaged due to subs
Minister of Petroleum Resources Susil Premajayantha said that the government was willing to pay compensation to those who could prove that their vehicles suffered damage due to allegedly contaminated fuel issued by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC).
Minister Premajayantha said the affected motorists could contact CPC, which would conduct tests to decide whether their vehicles had to underg
The Delhi Government is all set to introduce cash subsidy to all BPL and AAY card holder families using kerosene as fuel switchover to LPG. To make Delhi a kerosene free city, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has set up a joint working group to look at modalities for implementation of the scheme.
Rajahmundry, April 6: Adulteration of fuels, especially petrol and diesel, is rampant at several petrol stations, especially along NH-5 and in rural areas, as vehicle owners complain of their engines getting damaged due to usage of such fuels in East Godavari.
With a large number of Indian cities embarking on natural gas vehicle programme it is essential that the elements of these programmes are well defined for maximum environmental and public health gains. It is important that the lessons are drawn from the well established programmes in the region to chart the future course.
The CCB police busted a racket involved in adulterated diesel sale, and arrested five persons and recovered 20,000 litres of diesel and a truck worth Rs 7.4 lakh.
The accused are - Arun, Rajesh, Josh Mery Jacob, the owner of a petrol bunk in Byatarayanapura on Mysore Road, Nizamuddin and Kishore. Three accountants of the petrol bunk are absconding.
New Delhi: Nearly 6.5 million BPL families who depend on kerosene for their cooking and lighting needs, as well as farmers who use it to run pumpsets and spray pesticides, could soon be exposed to cancer causing fumes from markers that will be laced with the poor man
The outlet near 8B bus stop
Outlets selling katatel, a toxic mixture of petrol, kerosene and naphtha used to run autorickshaws, continue to thrive in the city with the police looking the other way. Metro spotted three outlets of the killer fuel in south Calcutta.
