Fuel consumption in the country had never been this poor at any point during the last 10 years, the first estimate of total petroleum product consumption has revealed.
As every economic activity got gummed up in the aftermath of the coronavirus lockdown, overall fuel consumption numbers in the country fell to their worst in a decade this March.
With an overwhelming majority of buses, trucks, cars, motorcycles and every other vehicle type staying off the road since the lockdown set in, fuel consumption tanked to 16 million tonnes during the month — a steep 18 per cent nosedive.
