Broadly the petition seeks the Court to provide a reliable and functional solution to the problem of heavy vehicular/Industrial pollution in the cities of India. It is a well-known fact that bio-diesel across the world is being promoted as green fuel which helps in mitigating particulate emission from diesel vehicles.

In fact, many countries such as the European Union, USA, South America and even neighboring ASEAN countries are promoting use of this green fuel, which substantially improves the quality air the petition said.

It is stated that various countries in the European Union have made it mandatory to blend 7% of bio-diesel, which has helped them in reducing the vehicular particulate emission substantially thus, making the quality of air ambient.

It is pertinent to note here that bio-fuels and bio-diesel are derived from renewable resources like Used cooking oils and waste vegetable oils and other Agricultural resources and therefore, the same provide a strategic advantage to promote sustainable development in an environmentally being and cost effective manner.

Also, by blending bio-diesel the dependence on import of fossil fuel, which resource is quite limited, will also come down substantially thus, making fuel cleaner, affordable and environment friendly.

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