Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Dec 16: Vehicle owners and drivers in the city are burdened with one more ordeal. In future, it will be difficult to fill petrol or diesel to vehicles.

In order to reduce the environment pollution due to emission from vehicles, the environment pollution control board has implemented a new act. If your vehicle is emitting smoke from the burning of petrol or diesel, more than the permissible level, then petrol bunks will not give the fuel to you. The petrol bunk people will fill the fuel only on the production of the copy of emission test.

The government is going to send a circular to both the vehicle as well as the the bunk owners with regards to the strict implementation of this rule. The chief secretary of the government has already discussed the implementation of this rule with the transport department.

It is learnt that Preparation is done to take to task the petrol bunks which will not comply with the rule. In addtion, even the vehicle owners who have not done emission test of their vehicles also will be levied with heavy fine.