Karnataka finds over 31% ethanol in IOCL petrol; HPCL, BPCL, Shell also cross 20% limit
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- ✓Karnataka found over 31% ethanol in IOCL petrol, while HPCL, BPCL, and Shell also crossed the 20% limit.
- ✓Minister Rizwan Arshad said on Friday that four out of five surveyed pumps sold fuel with excess ethanol.
- ✓The state government sent these test results to the Centre for an urgent review.
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State laboratory tests reveal that major fuel retailers across multiple districts are exceeding the mandated twenty percent ethanol blending limit, with certain samples surging past thirty percent. The findings have been escalated to central authorities for urgent review.
Petrol samples collected from seven districts of Karnataka have recorded ethanol content above the prescribed 20% blending limit, with four out of five petrol pumps surveyed found to be selling fuel with higher ethanol content, a state minister said on Friday.
Karnataka's Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Rizwan Arshad, said the state government tested 63 petrol samples collected from fuel stations operated by major oil marketing companies, including Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), Shell and Nayara Energy.
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