‘All fuel stations in city equipped with vapour recovery systems’
New Delhi: A recent RTI reply revealed that all 392 fuel stations in Delhi are equipped with vapour recovery systems, as mandated by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2018. A vapour recovery system installed at petrol pumps and other facilities helps in capturing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as benzene, that are released during the loading and unloading of fuels.
NGT earlier observed that the Central Pollution Control Board issued directions under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, to the petroleum companies for the installation of Stage-I and Stage-II vapour recovery systems in petrol refilling stations located in cities with a population of more than a million.
