The brief clip confirmed the Zomato supply agent arriving on horseback in Hyderabad
Hyderabad:
At a time when lengthy queues at petrol pumps had been seen in Hyderabad amid a protest by truck drivers in opposition to the brand new hit-and-run legislation, a video displaying a person galloping on the streets of town carrying a bag with Zomato’s emblem has gone viral. The brief clip confirmed the Zomato supply agent arriving on horseback at Chanchalguda, situated subsequent to the Imperial Lodge.
The person was seen waving to the general public on the streets as he arrived on a horseback after lengthy queues and the closure of petrol pumps as a fallout of the truckers’ protest.
When petrol bunks ran out of gas in #Hyderabad, @zomato supply arrived on horseback … at Chanchalguda, subsequent to Imperial Lodge… after lengthy, lengthy queues & closure of petrol pumps as a fallout of #TruckersStrike over #NewLaw on hit-and-run accidents @ndtv@ndtvindiapic.twitter.com/bYLT5BuvQh
— Uma Sudhir (@umasudhir) January 3, 2024
Within the video, the supply agent could possibly be heard speaking to a passerby that he opted to reach on horseback to ship the meals after the pumps ran out of petrol.
Requested what had occurred, the horse-rider responded, “Petrol nahi mila bhai. Teen ghante line me khada raha. Zomato se nikal gaya..petrol nahi mila.(There was no petrol. I waited within the queue for 3 hours. I left after taking the order however could not get the petrol).
Lengthy queues spilled over to the primary roads in Hyderabad on Tuesday as a lot of motorists gathered on the gas retailers for petrol and diesel in Hyderabad, leading to visitors jams at a number of locations for a while, information company PTI reported. The visitors jam was introduced underneath management by night, police officers mentioned.
“(Gas) availability is there. Individuals are apprehensive that as a result of agitation by truck drivers, it is probably not obtainable and they will petrol pumps in giant numbers, following which queues had been fashioned and subsequently spilled over to the roads leading to visitors jams initially,” a senior police official instructed PTI.
A petroleum retail outlet proprietor instructed a TV channel that gas provide to petrol pumps within the metropolis was certainly hit by to the truck drivers’ protest since Monday.
Barricades had been additionally seen at some petrol pumps within the metropolis whilst some motorists complained that they had been unable to fill gas of their automobiles as among the retailers had been “closed” and resulting from which they confronted issues.
Truck Drivers’ Finish Protest
The countrywide truckers’ stir has been referred to as off as the federal government assured that it will seek the advice of stakeholders earlier than implementing a contentious legislation in opposition to hit-and-run. After lengthy talks with the federal government, the All-India Motor Transport Congress referred to as off the agitation.
The protest was over Part 106(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita or BNS — which is about to interchange the colonial-era Indian Penal Code — which had provisions for strict penalties in hit-and-run instances.
Underneath the brand new legislation, hit-and-run instances can entice as much as 10 years in jail and a positive of ₹ 7 lakh — in opposition to the present penalty of as much as a two-year jail time period and a lighter positive. The utmost punishment of 10 years will kick in when the offender has brought on demise by means of rash driving and decamped with out reporting the matter to the police. Â
The truckers, cab drivers, and others working industrial automobiles are questioning how they might pay such a steep positive in case they meet with an accident.
