Automotive fuel of dubious quality, purported to be ‘Bio Diesel’ are mushrooming in the market and are involved in clandestine marketing
Coimbatore: An advisory was issued on behalf of State Level Coordinator (SLC) for Oil Industry in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry regarding dubious automotive fuel sold as biodiesel can damage vehicles and pollute environment.
In a statement, it was conveyed that It has recently been observed that some suppliers of an automotive fuel of dubious quality, purported to be ‘Bio Diesel’ are mushrooming in the market and are involved in clandestine marketing of this spurious product in the name of biodiesel.
Such suppliers are stealthily operating out of covered nondescript godowns without name boards. Such supplies contravene and jeopardize the genuine efforts of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, government of India in terms of ensuring cleaner BS-VI product supplies and keeping the environment clean.
“In view of the above, it is brought to the attention of the customers and general public that genuine biodiesel with specifications of BIS 15607/2016 (B-100) can be marketed only with the prior approval of the state government. The premises selling biodiesel should have valid statutory licenses meeting Class B petroleum safety standards. It is understood that the government of Tamil Nadu has not issued authorization for marketing of biodiesel to anyone other than currently operating oil marketing companies.Selling spurious products in the name of biodiesel directly to the end users such as road transporters and other Industrial users is illegal and punishable under the laws of the government of Tamil Nadu,” the statement read.
Genuine biodiesel can be sold only for the purpose of blending with Hi-Speed Diesel (HSD) up to 7%, as allowed in the National Biofuel policy 2018. In markets like Salem, Namakkal, Sankari, Tuticorin, Erode and Coimbatore, the unauthorized sales of this spurious product has been heavily polluting the environment and damaging the vehicles. The product is also harmful to public health besides causing huge revenue loss to the exchequer.
In a statement, it was conveyed that It has recently been observed that some suppliers of an automotive fuel of dubious quality, purported to be ‘Bio Diesel’ are mushrooming in the market and are involved in clandestine marketing of this spurious product in the name of biodiesel.
Such suppliers are stealthily operating out of covered nondescript godowns without name boards. Such supplies contravene and jeopardize the genuine efforts of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, government of India in terms of ensuring cleaner BS-VI product supplies and keeping the environment clean.
“In view of the above, it is brought to the attention of the customers and general public that genuine biodiesel with specifications of BIS 15607/2016 (B-100) can be marketed only with the prior approval of the state government. The premises selling biodiesel should have valid statutory licenses meeting Class B petroleum safety standards. It is understood that the government of Tamil Nadu has not issued authorization for marketing of biodiesel to anyone other than currently operating oil marketing companies.Selling spurious products in the name of biodiesel directly to the end users such as road transporters and other Industrial users is illegal and punishable under the laws of the government of Tamil Nadu,” the statement read.
Genuine biodiesel can be sold only for the purpose of blending with Hi-Speed Diesel (HSD) up to 7%, as allowed in the National Biofuel policy 2018. In markets like Salem, Namakkal, Sankari, Tuticorin, Erode and Coimbatore, the unauthorized sales of this spurious product has been heavily polluting the environment and damaging the vehicles. The product is also harmful to public health besides causing huge revenue loss to the exchequer.