The frenzy to refill fuel tanks amid the truckers’ protest caused traffic to pile up on city streets, including the Western Express Highway, on Tuesday.

Nafeez Ali had to wait for nearly two hours to refill his car’s petrol tank in Goregaon only to be told by the petrol pump attendant that he could only have five litres of fuel. “I am returning from a hospital in Andheri. There is an ailing family member with me. There is a mad rush,” he said.