Deora to launch kerosene dyeing programme
Dyeing of kerosene would help detect adulteration of kerosene in auto fuels and ensure PDS kerosene reaches the targeted group.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Petroleum Minister Murli Deora will on Wednesday launch a massive programme of dyeing kerosene with an imported, unremovable marker to deter use of the fuel as an adulterant in petrol and diesel.
Minister of State for Personnel and Parliamentary Affairs Suresh Pachauri and Deora would launch the new marker (dye) system to detect adulteration in auto fuel at Indian Oil Corp's Bijwasan terminal here, official sources said.
Dyeing of kerosene would help detect adulteration of kerosene in auto fuels and ensure PDS kerosene reaches the targeted group.
In September 2005, an NCAER study concluded that 38.6 per cent of PDS kerosene was being diverted for adulteration in petrol and diesel. The incentive being the huge price difference - while a litre of kerosene costs just over Rs 9, an equal volume of petrol in Delhi is priced at Rs 47.50 and diesel at Rs 32.40.
Sources said the marker once induced in the adulterant (kerosene) cannot be removed/tampered. The marker would be imported from Authentix of UK.
By using the marker system of Authentix, adulteration up to even one per cent could be detected on site, they said.
To ensure that marker doped kerosene and petrol and diesel are not transported through the same tankers, exclusive trucks would be used for supplies of kerosene. These trucks are also painted in a different colour scheme for easy identification.
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