India, June 3 -- Hundreds of litres of diesel spilled onto the Dwarka Expressway after an oil tanker overturned on a flyover near Goyla Dairy in southwest Delhi's Chhawla area on Tuesday night, the police said on Wednesday. Traffic was diverted to the service road for several hours as authorities worked to prevent any untoward incident and clear the stretch.

Soon after news of the spill spread, several people from nearby localities reached the spot carrying buckets and cans to collect the diesel flowing down from the flyover through water drainage pipes. Videos purportedly showing people filling containers with the spilled fuel surfaced on social media.

Deputy commissioner of police (Dwarka) Kushal Pal Singh said the police control room...