The Supreme Court in India has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to ensure all retail petroleum outlets located in different cities having a population of more than 10 lakh and a turnover of over 300 kilolitres a month, should install Vapour Recovery System (VRS) mechanism within the fresh timeline prescribed by the CPCB.
A bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and JB Pardiwala, while disposing of a batch of appeals filed by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and others against an order of the National Green Tribunal, said the VRS mechanism shall be installed within the fresh timeline as prescribed by the CPCB.
"The CPCB shall ensure that all the retail petroleum outlets located in different cities having population of more than 10 lakh and having turnover of more than 300 KL/Month shall install the VRS mechanism within the fresh timeline as prescribed in its circular dated June 4, 2021," it said.
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