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"Petrol pumps started getting dry yesterday. If we don't get the supply, most of the pumps will run out of fuel from today." Mumbai, with around 200 petrol pumps, faced disruptions as oil marketing companies' depots in Sewri were blocked by protesting drivers, impeding the movement of fuel tankers," Chetan Modi, president of the Petrol Dealers Association in Mumbai, told PTI.

The nationwide strike called by the All India Motor Transport Congress demanding amendments to the recently introduced Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita entered second day on Tuesday. The strike has affected supply of fuel and other essentials.

Petrol pumps in Mumbai and Nagpur witnessed long queues on Tuesday as people came to fill up their vehicle tanks fearing shortage of fuel amid the protest by truck drivers against a provision in the new penal law on hit-and-run accident cases involving motorists. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,

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

Truck drivers protest: The restaurants in Mumbai have reportedly not received gas cylinders.