Petcoke and furnace oil face possible ban in Indian industry

The future is unclear about the usage of petcoke and furnace oil in the National Capital Region (NCR). Some branches of the Indian government have taken to the Supreme Court a possible blanket ban for these materials, due to alarming environmental damage and popular complaint.

The Indian Supreme Court has appointed an Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA), which was briefed that gas supply across the National Capital Region was sufficient, and the time was right to ban the use of polluting industrial fuels - mainly petcoke and furnace (also named fuel) oil.

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