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Keralam to expand petrol pump checks if ethanol irregularities found

Keralam to expand petrol pump checks if ethanol irregularities found

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  • center · 1 outlet

    Kerala has sampled petrol from nine pumps in four districts to test for excess ethanol. Results are due in 10 days; no violation is confirmed yet.

    Hindustan Times

  • right · 2 outlets

    Keralam's Civil Supplies Department is conducting inspections of petrol samples from various outlets. This initiative follows concerns about high ethanol levels reported in Karnataka. Sample tests will determine if the fuel quality meets the required standards. Legal actions may be pursued if…

    The Economic Times

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Keralam's Civil Supplies Department is conducting inspections of petrol samples from various outlets. This initiative follows concerns about high ethanol levels reported in Karnataka. Sample tests will determine if the fuel quality meets the required standards. Legal actions may be pursued if…

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Based on 4 reporting publishers
Left / Center-Left 0 (0%)
Center 1 (25%)
Center-Right / Right 3 (75%)
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  1. The Economic Times Center-Right Bennett, Coleman & Co. Current article

    Keralam to expand petrol pump checks if ethanol irregularities found

    Keralam's Civil Supplies Department is conducting inspections of petrol samples from various outlets. This initiative follows concerns about high ethanol levels reported in Karnataka. Sample tests will determine if the fuel quality meets the required standards. Legal actions may be pursued if…

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  5. OpIndia Right Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services Pvt. Ltd.

    Kerala begins ‘ethanol test’: How Congress is using an ethanol conspiracy theory manufactured in Karnataka to create mass hysteria in party-ruled states

    Days after the Congress government in Karnataka alleged high ethanol levels in petrol samples, citing results of third-party tests on petrol samples collected by the state's Legal Metrology Department, the Keralam government has started collecting petrol samples for an 'ethanol test'.

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