21/1/2018
PUNE (NEW DELHI): Union
Minister Nitin Gadkari said that with rising pollution in the country, the
Centre has decided to make BS VI mandatory for all vehicles from April 1.
Speaking to reporters, he also urged the automobile industry to work in
accordance and help reduce pollution in the country.
“Pollution becomes a biggest issue in India. Everyone knows
the situation in Delhi. We decided to make BS VI mandatory from April 1. I
appeal automobile industry to work accordingly and help reduce pollution.
Alternative fuel and bio-fuel is being emphasised upon in India,” he was quoted
as saying by ANI.
Earlier in the day, the German automaker Mercedes-Benz
launched a BS-VI-compliant S Class produced in its Pune facility. It also
received the certificate of compliance to the CMVR (Central motor vehicles
rule) from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) at an event that
was attended by the minister.
In its effort to fight the menace of pollution in the country,
the Centre in 2016 decided to migrate to BS-VI directly by skipping one stage
from BS-IV from April 2020. As of now, all new vehicles that are being
registered are BS-IV-emission compliant.
The company said that the new car, which can be run with the
help of BS-IV fuel, will reduce NOx by 68 percent and PM by 82 percent, and
after the country moves to BS-IV fuels, this will reduce CO2 burden by 13
percent and demand of fuel by 10 percent.”We are glad to fulfil our commitment
to customers and to the government vision by introducing BS-VI compliant
vehicles. Our vehicles are world-class and they comply with the most stringent
emission standards, and the ARAI-certified new BS-VI vehicles reiterate this
high benchmark,” said Mercedes-Benz India managing director and chief executive
Roland Folger at the event.
He further said that the introduction of India’s first BS-VI
vehicles is a huge achievement and the company believed that it would give way
for other manufacturing firms to introduce their vehicles new emission
regulations. Folger observed that this would lead to the adoption of cleaner
vehicles and achieve the objective of better air.
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