Petrol Pump News: Nationwide Truckers’ Strike Leads to Fuel Queues and Shortages. Fuel supplies were impacted in some areas on Tuesday due to nationwide truck drivers’ protests against the recently enacted criminal code’s increased punishment for hit-and-run incidents. The government made efforts to calm the striking transport workers, and the strike was called off following a late-night meeting between representatives of the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) and Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla.
In our conversation with members of the All India Motor Transport Congress, it was emphasized that the implementation of the new law hasn’t commenced as of now. Ajay Bhalla highlighted after the session, ‘Our intent is crystal clear: we are committed to engaging in discussions with the representatives of the All India Motor Transport Congress before initiating the enforcement of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 106/2.’
In Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh, truck drivers have taken to the streets. West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh all saw some protests. They were requesting that the government remove a clause from the recently enacted Bharat Nyay Sanhita that raises the sentence for hit-and-run incidents from two years to ten years.
According to AIMTC, most drivers will resign from their positions if the law is not reinstated. Owing to the protests, between 60 and 70 percent of the trucks had not been driven on the roads in the previous two days. Approximately one crore truck drivers nationwide were on strike in large numbers.
Approximately 2,000 petrol stations, petrol pump news primarily in western and northern India, have run out of fuel as some truckers’ associations’ walkout, which began on Tuesday, entered its second day over their displeasure with the new hit-and-run law in the petrol pump news.
In advance of the truckers’ strike, state-owned oil companies topped off tanks at the majority of petrol stations nationwide; however, heavy traffic caused some petrol stations in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Punjab to run out of stock, according to industry officials.
In these states, long lines were seen at several petrol pump news as people became anxious that the supplies would run out.
With the exception of a few pumps in Hyderabad, the situation in southern India is better, they said.
In the event that a pan-Indian movement is initiated or the three-day strike is prolonged, essential supplies of fruits, vegetables, and milk may also be impacted.
A three-day walkout against the strict jail and fine guidelines imposed by the new criminal law Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) for hit-and-run cases was initiated on Monday by a few truck, bus, and tanker operators.
The Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita says what?
(1) Anyone who murders another person by committing any kind of careless or reckless act that does not constitute culpable homicide faces a maximum five-year sentence in either type of jail as well as a fine.
(2) Anyone who kills someone by recklessly operating a vehicle in a way that does not constitute culpable homicide and then flees the scene without reporting the incident to a police officer or magistrate as soon as possible faces a term of imprisonment that can go up to ten years in addition to a fine.
The truck operators’ umbrella organization, the All India Motor Transport Association, has not yet called for a nationwide strike. Representatives from the association will be meeting with officials from the home ministry to voice their concerns regarding BNS.
According to industry officials, most petrol stations should not have any issues if the strike continues for the three days specified because they have supplies that will last for two to three days. They went on, though, that if the strike is prolonged or a nationwide demonstration is organized, problems will arise.
Transporting petrol pump news, diesel, and LPG from oil company depots to gas distribution agencies and petrol pumps takes place using approximately one lakh trucks.
They claimed that the strike has affected truck traffic in a few northern and western states and that it has also affected some LPG truck traffic.
Though most users have two LPG cylinders connected to their double connections and reserve stock in case one cylinder runs out, there haven’t been any complaints about an LPG shortage as of yet.
