Indian Autos blog

The Petroleum Ministry of India has setup a committee to ensure that Euro-IV grade (BS IV equivalent) petrol and diesel will be commercially available in 13 major cities from April 1, 2010.

The 13 cities to get Euro IV grade fuels are Delhi & NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Agra, Solapur and Lucknow; EURO – III grade fuels will be made available in rest of the country.

Maruti Suzuki will be discontinuing the sales of Maruti 800 and Omni mini-van, in 11 major cities from 2010, due to stricter emission norms – Bharat Stage IV that will take effect next year.

Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Surat and Agra will be the first few cities where BS IV will be implemented in 2010. Other cities which will initially come under BSIII norms, are likely to follow suit.