Panic over fuel supply chokes Hyderabad roads, traffic grinds to a crawl during rush hour

Long queues formed to fill spilled fuel They aggressively attacked the major roads of Hyderabad on Wednesday morning, March 25, 2026, turning important areas into bottlenecks and forcing the traffic police to make constant traffic regulations to keep the city moving.

Rush-hour traffic slowed sharply at many intersections as vehicles gathered around gas pumps and expanded onto major highways. Police personnel attempted to squeeze swollen lines into single-file or double-file queues, trying to make room for traffic even as volume continued to increase.