Gasoline Use Jumps as Cooped-Up Indian Drivers Hit the Roads
- Gasoline sales at pre-virus levels, but diesel demand lagging
- Researchers warning India facing fresh Covid-19 resurgence
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Indian tourists are hitting the roads and heading to the hills to escape a sweltering summer after months of tight restrictions due to a deadly Covid-19 wave, although the respite may be brief with a new outbreak looming.
The urge to break free following months spent cooped up at home is driving up demand for gasoline, which climbed above pre-virus levels last month. Pictures across local media show jammed highways and crowded markets in Himachal Pradesh, a scenic state in the Himalayas, while restaurants are filling up again.