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

Despite the increasing pollution levels, the city is yet to implement the Euro IV fuel deadline that was set for October last year. Petrol bunks in the city have not received the fuels conforming to Euro IV till date and most of them are unaware of the existence of such standards.

The Private Bus Owners Association of Sri Lanka yesterday vowed that that they would campaign against the Vehicle Emission Testing Programme (VET)unless the Petroleum Ministry took steps to produce diesel with low Sulphur levels.

The VET programme was jointly implemented by the Environment and Natural Resources and Transport Ministry in 2007 to reduce dangerous gases that cause air pollution.

The government will come out with new norms to determine the fuel efficiency of vehicles by the end of this month, seeking to encourage the use of eco-friendly vehicles to combat pollution.