The Interior ministry's recent directive barring petroleum tankers from moving at night on Tuesday sparked off a row between the government and transporters that, if not resolved, could plunge the country into a serious fuel shortage crisis beginning this week.
Truck drivers on Tuesday went on strike demanding that the directive, which is linked to an old law that bars heavy trucks from moving at night, be withdrawn to enable them resume normal operations.
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