BS VI fuel roll out pre-poned due to Delhi smog

The ministry of oil and natural gas has decided to make BS VI fuel available in Delhi by April 2018.  The date for the availability of fuel has been pre-poned by 2 years, this decision has come after Delhi has been witnessing high level of smog during the first week of November. It is believed that the vehicular pollution is also one of the major contributing factors to this dense smog in Delhi. The automakers are required to be compliant on the BS VI fuel by April 2020. This decision has been welcomed by the automakers as it is believed as the BS IV vehicles which are in market today can run on BS VI fuel however, the vice versa is not possible. The ministry has also trying to explore the possibility of availability of BS VI fuels across the NCR by April 2019.