The agitation by truck drivers against a provision in the new penal law on hit-and-run road accidents entered the second day on Tuesday, leading to non-delivery of petroleum products at depots and people rushing to petrol pumps amid the fear of fuel shortage.
The truck drivers staged protests at various places in Maharashtra, including capital Mumbai, Nagpur, Solapur, Dharashiv, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Nagpur, Beed, Hingoli, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nashik, Gadchiroli and Wardha, an official said.
Petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG cylinders could not be transported to dealers and consumers in various parts of the state as drivers of the vehicles used to carry these products did not report at the fuel plants, he said.
Hundreds of trucks and tankers, part of the LPG cylinders and petroleum products distribution system, were parked in front of the HPCL and BPCL refineries in Mahul area here till Tuesday afternoon, the official said
With the petroleum products not being delivered, there were long queues of people at petrol pumps in Mumbai and other cities waiting to get their vehicles refuelled amid the fear of fuel shortage
Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which replaces the colonial era Indian Penal Code, drivers who cause a serious road accident by negligent driving and run away without informing police or any official from the administration can face up to 10 years imprisonment or a fine of Rs 7 lakh
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