Country to get BS-VI fuel from next April: Javadekar

Bharat Stage (BS)-VI fuel will be available in several big cities of the country, including Jaipur, from April 1 next year and the initiative will reduce vehicular pollution by 80-90 per cent, the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Tuesday.

“An investment of ₹60,000 crore has been made for this. The initiative will reduce vehicular pollution by 80-90 per cent,” Javadekar said after planting a sapling at the Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT).

He said the government has prepared a national clean air programme for 122 cities of the country under which schemes for reducing pollution will be made.