KARNATAKA AND KERALAM GOVERNMENT LAUNCH E20 PETROL QUALITY CHECKS AMID ETHANOL BLENDING CONCERNS

The Keralam civil supplies department has inspected petrol pumps in Kochi to verify the ethanol content and density of E20 petrol amid growing concerns over alleged excessive ethanol blending in fuel.

District civil supplies Officer Shaji PR said officials had collected six one-litre petrol samples during the inspection, of which two were sent to an analytical chemical laboratory in Kakinada for testing. The department is awaiting the laboratory reports.

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