Srinagar, March 25: Panic gripped across the Valley on Wednesday as motorists, trucks and owners of other conveyances mobbed fuel stations to buy petrol and diesel for vehicles.

People started mobbing refilling stations in Kashmir as news spread from one area to another, saying that an acute energy crisis was gripping the Valley.
At many places, police personnel were seen regulating the rush while those reporting with jerrycans, tins and other carrying vessels were refused any fuel supply.
Chaos was worst confounded in Srinagar city as one after the other petrol/diesel pumps shut down, claiming that they had run out of supplies.
Authorities have been asking people not to resort to panic buying as stocks of petrol/diesel and LPG are enough to last for 20 days in the Valley.
Owners of refilling stations said panic buying by vehicle owners was likely to create an artificial crisis that would not be taken care of by routine and normal tanker arrivals carrying fuel at their stations.
People are already lined up in long queues trying to buy LPG cylinders as officials said one LPG cylinder per authorised connection would be issued in 25 days in urban areas and in 35 days in rural areas.