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The locals were rushing with buckets and cans to collect the spilled oil.
The incident happened on the Varanasi-Lucknow highway near Kathora village on Tuesday morning. (Photo Credit: X)
A video of locals looting refined oil from an overturned tanker in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi has gone viral on social media. The incident occurred Tuesday morning near Kathora village on the Varanasi-Lucknow highway.
In the footage, shared by an X user, people are seen scooping the refined oil out of the mud. Instead of helping the driver, the locals were rushing with buckets and cans to collect the spilled oil.
The caption read, “Uttar Pradesh: A tanker full of refined oil overturned in Amethi district, people filtered out the refined oil from the mud and took it away.”
The ethics and civic sense in daily life and in mass behaviors is what divides India from Japan.— Tikam Singh Alma (@tikamalma) June 3, 2025
Social media reactions were mixed. A user joked, “There is a saying: If you get oil for free and you don’t have a vessel, then take it in your pallu, something will come out when you squeeze it. That is what is happening.”
The saying is: If there is no free oil and if there is no utensils, then take it in the pallu, something will come out by squeezing. The same is happening. – SK (@S200787) June 3, 2025
Another commented, “Look at it positively: so much oil must have been used instead of going to waste. If they were able to extract refined oil that was not spoiled, it’s good that they took it.”
Look at it positively: so much oil must have been used instead of going waste. If they were able to extract refined oil that was not spoiled, it’s good that they took it.— Amrit (@AmritHallan) June 3, 2025
Someone wrote, “In Uttar Pradesh, there is a lot of unemployment and uncertainty, so what can people do? The poor are helpless, where will they go and what will they eat? It’s out of compulsion.”
Up mea kuch jayada berojgari aur Ashichit log rahat hai to kya kreenge. Bechare garib kaha jay kya khaye majburi hai.— Haider ali (@haidera99078354) June 3, 2025
“India’s massive population means that the benefits of growth are diluted, and the gap between aggregate economic numbers and everyday realities remains wide,” commented another.
India’s massive population means that the benefits of growth are diluted, and the gap between aggregate economic numbers and everyday realities remains wide.— Asifkhan (@_asif) June 3, 2025
A user wrote, “Incidents like locals collecting spilled refined oil from a tanker in Amethi highlight the persistent income disparity and lack of basic economic security for many Indians, even as the country climbs global GDP rankings.”
Incidents like locals collecting spilled refined oil from a tanker in Amethi highlight the persistent income disparity and lack of basic economic security for many Indians, even as the country climbs global GDP rankings.— Asifkhan (@_asif) June 3, 2025
Responding to the incident, Kamarouli police reached the site. SHO Mukesh Kumar said the injured driver, identified as Ramraj, a resident of Bahadurpur Haidergarh in Barabanki, was rushed to the nearby Jagdishpur Trauma Centre, where he is currently undergoing treatment.
This is not the first such event.
Earlier in 2021, villagers of Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district collected petrol in plastic bottles and containers after a fuel tanker overturned in Pohri due to overspeeding.
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