People thronged petrol bunks in Chennai 'Rumours Fuel Panic'

From Tambaram to Madurantakam and along the areas on the Chennai-Tiruchy national highway, Old Mahabalipuram Road and East Coast Road, people drove to petrol bunks and waited in long queues.

Besides filling the petrol and diesel tanks of



their vehicles, they also bought petrol and diesel in large water cans and bottles despite the standing guideline of the government that petrol and diesel should not be filled in bottles and cans.

The rumours of petrol bunks running out of stock and closing down from Thursday morning spread on Wednesday and people in their two-wheelers and cars queued up before the petrol bunks to fill the tanks. There were rumours on social media that petrol and diesel prices will double due to the ongoing war.