An acute diesel shortage and consecutive fuel price hikes triggered by the West Asia conflict have severely hit India’s road transport sector, forcing nearly 20% of the commercial truck fleet off the roads due to localized inventory strains and long refueling queues at oil marketing company outlets. This severe fuel crisis has heavily impacted small-scale, fragmented truck operators who lack the financial cushion to absorb rising operational margins, forcing transport bodies like the All India Motor & Goods Transport Association to aggressively hike spot freight rates across major domestic logistics corridors. Consequently, these surging transportation costs are creating immediate inflationary pressures that threaten to directly drive up the retail prices of essential commodities, agricultural produce, and medicines, prompting urgent petitions to the Central Government for immediate fuel price interventions to protect multi-sector distribution channels.