LUCKNOW, March 28 -- As long queues and panic buying continued at petrol pumps across Lucknow on Friday, people no longer just filled their vehicles, but also stockpiled fuel in bottles and containers.

Across multiple fuel stations, residents were seen arriving with plastic bottles and cans, filling petrol for storage. In several cases, commuters first filled their bike tanks, returned home to transfer the fuel into containers, and then came back to queues to refill.

At an Indian Oil petrol station near Madhurima, Anuj Gupta, a Class 12 student, said his family had insisted on keeping all vehicles fully fuelled. Gupta, who owns two electric and two petrol vehicles, said he had already filled one scooty on Thursday and returned on Friday...