A wave of protests swept through various states in the last two days as drivers and truckers expressed their dissatisfaction with stringent provisions in the new penal law for hit-and-run cases.
The people are angry that the petrol pumps were closed without giving any prior notice to them. They were seen going from one petrol pump to the other to fill the tanks of their vehicles. The mobbing of these fuel stations has triggered a traffic jam at several places in the city.