The ongoing violent protests by the truckers are going to cause a major crisis in supply chain management across India. The truckers have resorted to violent protests to arm-twist the government into repealing the amendment in the hit-and-run law. The state-level coordinator in the oil industry in Maharashtra has written to the secretary of the food, civil supplies and consumer protection department in the government of Maharashtra, requesting intervention to resolve the ongoing strike by the LPG and other petroleum product transporters at all the supply locations in Maharashtra.

“Due to the amendment in the hit-and-run law, our LPG truck drivers and petroleum product transporters are on strike in front of our Mumbai refinery, LPG bottling plants, and petrol-diesel supply depots,” said Santosh Nivendkar, state-level coordinator (oil Industry) Maharashtra.