Petrol Shortage

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday said there is no shortage of petrol and diesel in the state.

Honda Cars, Tata Motors and other leading carmakers are expecting a longer waiting period for electric and hybrid vehicles, as compared to petrol and diesel variants, as the chip shortage continues to crimp their manufacturing activities.

As hundreds of Sri Lankans continue to queue up at petrol pumps across the debt-ridden country every day amid fuel shortage, a large number of people are ditching their cars and motorcycles for bicycles for their daily commute.

India's latest measures aimed at boosting domestic oil supplies could reduce its diesel and gasoline (petrol) exports in the second half of the year, keeping global supplies tight and underpinning prices, traders and analysts said.

Sri Lanka has less than a day's worth of fuel left, the energy minister said Sunday, with public transport grinding to a halt. He said the petrol reserves in the country were at about 4,000 tonnes.

Sri Lanka will allow companies from oil-producing countries to import and sell fuel, the power and energy minister said on Tuesday, ending a duopoly as it tries to overcome a shortage of petrol and diesel that is exacerbating an economic crisis.

Troops in Sri Lanka handed tokens on Monday to people queueing for petrol amid a severe fuel shortage in the nation battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades, while schools shut in Colombo and public employees were asked to work from home.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said he has written a letter to Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, requesting him to ensure regular supply of petrol and diesel to the state.

As Sri Lanka fights off acute shortages - of food, fuel, medicines - former cricketer Roshan Mahanama shared images of him serving tea and bun to those waiting in serpentine queues at a petrol station in Colombo.

In a bid to rein in private fuel retailers curtailing operations to cut losses, Government has expanded the scope of Universal Service Obligation

Government on Wednesday said that production of petrol and diesel in the country is more than sufficient to take care of any demand surge

Indian Oil Corporation had to issue a clarification on Tuesday evening that fuel availability in all its outlets is absolutely normal

Lines formed in many parts of Colombo, a city of around 900,000 people, as residents tried to stock up on fuel, which is mostly imported and is in extremely short supply

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka today raised the petrol price by 24.3 per cent and diesel by 38.4 per cent, a record hike in fuel prices amidst the country's worst economic crisis due to the shortage of foreign exchange reserves.

India on Monday said it has delivered around 40,000 metric tonnes of petrol to Sri Lanka, days after supplying 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel under the Indian credit line to help ease the acute fuel shortage in the debt-ridden island nation.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday said there is no shortage of petrol and diesel in the state.

Honda Cars, Tata Motors and other leading carmakers are expecting a longer waiting period for electric and hybrid vehicles, as compared to petrol and diesel variants, as the chip shortage continues to crimp their manufacturing activities.

As hundreds of Sri Lankans continue to queue up at petrol pumps across the debt-ridden country every day amid fuel shortage, a large number of people are ditching their cars and motorcycles for bicycles for their daily commute.

India's latest measures aimed at boosting domestic oil supplies could reduce its diesel and gasoline (petrol) exports in the second half of the year, keeping global supplies tight and underpinning prices, traders and analysts said.

Sri Lanka has less than a day's worth of fuel left, the energy minister said Sunday, with public transport grinding to a halt. He said the petrol reserves in the country were at about 4,000 tonnes.

Sri Lanka will allow companies from oil-producing countries to import and sell fuel, the power and energy minister said on Tuesday, ending a duopoly as it tries to overcome a shortage of petrol and diesel that is exacerbating an economic crisis.

Troops in Sri Lanka handed tokens on Monday to people queueing for petrol amid a severe fuel shortage in the nation battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades, while schools shut in Colombo and public employees were asked to work from home.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said he has written a letter to Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, requesting him to ensure regular supply of petrol and diesel to the state.

As Sri Lanka fights off acute shortages - of food, fuel, medicines - former cricketer Roshan Mahanama shared images of him serving tea and bun to those waiting in serpentine queues at a petrol station in Colombo.

In a bid to rein in private fuel retailers curtailing operations to cut losses, Government has expanded the scope of Universal Service Obligation

Government on Wednesday said that production of petrol and diesel in the country is more than sufficient to take care of any demand surge

Indian Oil Corporation had to issue a clarification on Tuesday evening that fuel availability in all its outlets is absolutely normal

Lines formed in many parts of Colombo, a city of around 900,000 people, as residents tried to stock up on fuel, which is mostly imported and is in extremely short supply

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka today raised the petrol price by 24.3 per cent and diesel by 38.4 per cent, a record hike in fuel prices amidst the country's worst economic crisis due to the shortage of foreign exchange reserves.

India on Monday said it has delivered around 40,000 metric tonnes of petrol to Sri Lanka, days after supplying 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel under the Indian credit line to help ease the acute fuel shortage in the debt-ridden island nation.