Keralam begins E20 petrol checks at fuel pumps amid concerns over ethanol content
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- ✓The Keralam government started surprise checks at fuel pumps on Monday to test ethanol levels in petrol.
- ✓Officials collected samples across five districts to ensure blending stays within the 20 per cent limit.
- ✓Minister Anoop Jacob said, "Consumers have the fundamental right to know the exact composition of the fuel."
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Officials collect fuel samples at a pump in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. PTI
The Keralam government on Monday conducted surprise sample collections at random fuel retail outlets in five districts to determine whether ethanol blending in petrol had exceeded the permissible level of 20 per cent.
The checks are being conducted against the backdrop of a similar drive in neighbouring Karnataka during which 63 petrol samples were found to have 30 per cent ethanol content.
A day after Keralam food and civil supplies minister Anoop Jacob said department officials would collect random samples in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Thrissur and Kannur, the officials started the exercise on Monday.
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