India’s Diesel Crunch Leaves Truckers Stranded in Roadside Lines

Trucks waiting by a service station outside Nagpur, Maharashtra.Photographer: Rajesh Kumar Singh/Bloomberg

At a service station outside Nagpur, in the geographic heart of India, nearly 30 trucks are lined up along either side of the highway, carrying everything from garments to packed snacks to Amazon packages and even railway equipment.

Most have been waiting for hours, or more.